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Peer reviewedPeacock, Michael; Breese, Chris – Educational Review, 1990
Two sets of secondary students (n=26) were interviewed about attitudes toward writing after using laptop word processors. Handwriting remained popular and quicker for most writing tasks; neither planning nor constructive reflection on language were enhanced; typing speeds remained very slow; and the connotations of "writing" were…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Foreign Countries, Handwriting, Revision (Written Composition)
The Computer vs. the Pen: A Comparative Study of Word Processing in a Hong Kong Secondary Classroom.
Peer reviewedLam, F. S.; Pennington, Martha C. – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 1995
The English compositions of two groups of Hong Kong secondary school students learning English as a Second Language were compared. Results found that students who used computer word processors, on the whole, wrote better compositions than students who used pen and paper. (46 references) (MDM)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Uses in Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
