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Direct linkGraham, Steve; McKeown, Debra; Kiuhara, Sharlene; Harris, Karen R. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2012
In an effort to identify effective instructional practices for teaching writing to elementary grade students, we conducted a meta-analysis of the writing intervention literature, focusing our efforts on true and quasi-experiments. We located 115 documents that included the statistics for computing an effect size (ES). We calculated an average…
Descriptors: Intervention, Teaching Methods, Grammar, Meta Analysis
Peer reviewedArms, Valarie Meliotes – Computers and Composition, 1988
Discusses creativity and the teacher's importance in providing a context that encourages creative thought. Contrasts the author's success in teaching technical writing to college juniors and seniors with her experiences in using the Macintosh personal computer to teach first year composition. Notes that computers alone cannot stimulate creativity.…
Descriptors: Creativity, Freshman Composition, Higher Education, Teacher Role
Feldman, Paula R. – Perspectives in Computing: Applications in the Academic and Scientific Community, 1984
The advantages of using word processing in a business writing course are identified as making students feel more comfortable with writing, enhancing creativity, and making revision easier. The need for an initial large investment of time by instructors before initiating word processing use is discussed. (MBR)
Descriptors: Business English, Course Content, Creativity, Higher Education
Peer reviewedDollieslager, Rick – Exercise Exchange, 1986
Presents three exercises that teach good proofreading and editing skills as well as tap students' creativity on the word processor. (HTH)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Creativity, High Schools, Higher Education
Peer reviewedHenderson, Andrea; Minner, Sam – Intervention in School and Clinic, 1991
The computer can provide students with opportunities for creativity, if good software is selected and students are provided instruction in its use. Software that promotes creativity includes word processing programs, programs that permit students to write and use their own personal programs, and programs that teach and encourage thinking skills.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Creative Development
