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Sudol, Ronald A. – Writing Instructor, 1991
Investigates the level of students' private access to computers. Finds that nearly half of the students surveyed have access to computers outside the university labs. Discusses how students' independent access can influence courses aimed at integrating word processing and the writing process. (PRA)
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Collaborative Writing, College Students, Computer Centers
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Stine, Linda J. – Computers and Composition, 1989
Describes a writing program that addresses adult students' limited access to computers and the program's effect on a pilot group of students. Offers some preliminary conclusions about the effects of computer availability on teaching methodology. (MS)
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Adult Programs, Adult Students, Computer Uses in Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Owston, Ronald D.; Wideman, Herbert H. – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1997
A three-year study (grades 3-5) of two groups of elementary school students determined that writing quality improved in a high-computer-access school, as indicated by holistic measures of writing message (meaning and content quality) and medium (quality of the form and surface features). In-class observation supported the contention that word…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Childrens Writing, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Environment