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Cox, Beth – Writing Notebook: Creative Word Processing in the Classroom, 1990
Describes how a class of 13 academically average high school students, inspired by an earlier article in this journal, collaboratively wrote a story. Notes that the students continued to revise their story even after it came back from the printers. (RS)
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, High Schools, Teaching Methods, Word Processing
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Gay, Pamela – Computers and Composition, 1991
Presents findings from 18 reviewed studies with regard to attitude and the quality of writing performance. Discusses pedagogy and the problem of defining basic writers. Suggests research directions that can help move educators toward a new pedagogy. (MG)
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Computer Uses in Education, Literature Reviews, Teaching Methods
Black, Susan E. – 1989
A practicum was designed to improve and expand the writing skills of 13 fifth-grade students placed in an upper elementary school Alternative Education program. The major goal was to provide the students with the means to improve their written output and grammar. Secondary goals were to help the children to think logically about the writing tasks…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction, Grade 5, High Risk Students