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Direct linkDessoff, Alan – District Administration, 2008
Prompted by the federal No Child Left Behind law and state mandates for improved proficiency in writing and other skills, district leaders have intensified their focus on writing in elementary and middle schools. Many are integrating word-processing software and other technology tools into their curricula to strengthen the instructional and…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, Writing Processes
Schneider, Roxanne; Eiser, Leslie – Classroom Computer Learning, 1989
Reviewed are three computer software packages for use in middle/high school classrooms. Included are "MacWrite II," a word-processing program for MacIntosh computers; "Super Story Tree," a word-processing program for Apple and IBM computers; and "Math Blaster Mystery," for IBM, Apple, and Tandy computers. (CW)
Descriptors: Computer Software Reviews, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Junior High Schools
Peer reviewedStoreygard, Judy; And Others – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1993
A course on computers and writing for special education middle school students who are reluctant writers is described. The background of the course, the role of the computer, student attitudes, outcomes, and success factors are discussed. An added advantage was the improved communication between regular and special educators. (DB)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Course Descriptions, Disabilities, Intermediate Grades
Download full textDeFoe, Marguerite Corbitt – 2000
This practicum was designed to use directed writing strategies to teach writing skills to middle grades language arts students who frequently failed to make average or above scores in essay writing assignments. The program included three specific strategies. The first strategy was to teach higher-order thinking and metacognitive strategies related…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Learning, Instructional Effectiveness, Language Arts
Peer reviewedBonk, Curtis J.; Reynolds, Thomas H. – Computers in Human Behavior, 1992
Discussion of cognitive process research on writing focuses on a study of sixth, seventh, and eighth grade middle school students that tested a generative-evaluative model of composition. Treatments for experimental and control groups of ability-grouped students are described, and results are analyzed. (58 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction
Strickland, James – 1997
This book is based on the idea that finding the perfect piece of software is less important than understanding the role of computers in helping all students do what writers do: get ideas, generate material, manipulate that material, confer and collaborate with others in the classroom or over a network, edit the documents, and publish a final copy.…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Assisted Instruction, Higher Education, Instructional Innovation
Bender, Evelyn – 1988
The American Library Association's Carroll Preston Baber Research Award supported this project on the use, impact and feasibility of a computer assisted writing facility located in the library of Stetson Middle School in Philadelphia, an inner city school with a population of minority, "at risk" students. The writing facility consisted…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Disadvantaged Youth, English Instruction, Feasibility Studies
