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Direct linkWoodrich, Megan; Fan, Yanan – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2017
Aim/Purpose: In this study, the authors examine how an online word processing tool can be used to encourage participation among students of different language backgrounds, including English Language Learners. To be exact, the paper discusses whether student participation in anonymous collaborative writing via Google Docs can lead to more…
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Word Processing, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Peer reviewedOwston, Ronald D.; And Others – Computers in the Schools, 1991
Students in four eighth grade communications arts classes wrote two stories--one using a word processor and one written manually. Participants' attitudes toward writing and editing were assessed. Stories were graded for overall competence, organization, support of ideas, and mechanics; a subsample received detailed analysis. Word processed stories…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Editing, Grade 8, Junior High Schools
Owston, Ronald D.; And Others – 1990
A study assessed the impact of word processing on the writing of junior high school students, experienced in working with computers, for a number of tasks, including writing. Subjects, 111 eighth grade students in four communications arts classes at a Canadian middle-class suburban school, who had been using computers for writing for a year and a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Junior High Schools, Multivariate Analysis
Stromberg, Linda; Kurth, Ruth J. – 1983
Recently a number of writers and researchers have praised the editing and text moving capabilities of word processing programs, proposing that they can be useful in helping students revise more readily and skillfully. With this premise, 16 eighth grade students participated in a program in which they used a text editor or word processing system to…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 8, Microcomputers
Li Nim-Yu, Kitty – 1990
A study investigated the relative effects of using computers and writing by hand on secondary students' quality or quantity of writing, and on their attitudes toward writing. Subjects were 40 eighth-grade students in an Anglo-Chinese school in Hong Kong, with some experience in writing brief compositions. The word processing program used was…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Grade 8
Download full textHuseby, Roar – 1990
This evaluation reports on a project that used word processing in process writing as a method for teaching written Norwegian to Norwegian students in grades 5 and 8. Process writing refers to the process of writing and rewriting or the various stages of producing written text. Students start with a first draft and work gradually toward a finished…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 5, Grade 8, Intermediate Grades
