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Peer reviewedGiovannini, Mary; Miller, F. Milton – Journal of Studies in Technical Careers, 1984
This study set out to determine the effect of teaching business communications by a traditional writing and a word processing method upon the students' attitudes and cognitive achievement. There was no significant difference found in student attitude, but there was significance found between treatment groups on the combined mean scores of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Business Communication, Business Correspondence, Cognitive Processes
Peer reviewedGreenland, Leonard T.; Bartholome, Lloyd W. – Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, 1987
The study compared achievement and attitudes of Utah State University students who experienced two different methods of teaching business communication. The experimental group used microcomputers equipped with word processing, spelling, and grammar packages. Results show no difference in students' writing ability or attitude toward writing as a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Business Communication, Microcomputers, Postsecondary Education
Peer reviewedBerkay, Paul J. – American Annals of the Deaf, 1990
A model of direct communication in American Sign Language is presented for application in mainstreamed adult education courses. Comparisons of 12 hearing and 11 deaf students enrolled in a mainstreamed word processing class using the suggested client-centered, individual instruction format with limited lecture time showed no significant…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Adult Education, American Sign Language
Download full textHerrmann, Andrea W. – 1985
In a high school writing class of eight students, a computer was used as a word processor to permit close observation of students as they learned. The class was studied using ethnographic techniques: videotape, audiotape, teacher/researcher journals, student writing, and interviews. Three types of learners emerged: marginal--those who had…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Classroom Observation Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction
