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Forseth, Roger – 1985
To improve the quality of instruction in composition classes at the University of Wisconsin-Superior, a project incorporating the use of word processors was instituted. The project began in the summer session of 1984 with a regular section of beginning English. Although some students experienced difficulty in learning to use the word processors,…
Descriptors: College English, English Instruction, Higher Education, Microcomputers
Peer reviewedSudol, Ronald A. – College Composition and Communication, 1990
Suggests that university computer labs offer the advantages of decentralizing instruction and drawing attention to students' writing. Notes that, although labs require money and instructional space, the benefits outweigh the limitations. Argues that, once a collaborative atmosphere is established and word processing is practiced, students can…
Descriptors: College English, Educational Resources, Higher Education, Process Approach (Writing)
Sudol, Ronald A. – ADE Bulletin, 1986
Defends the use of the word processor in writing classes. Describes how using it makes revision easier and cleaner, contributes to the speed and fluency of composing at the keyboard, and lends itself to new ways of composing and experiments with alternative structures for writing courses and classes. (EL)
Descriptors: College English, Computer Assisted Instruction, English Instruction, Higher Education
Teichman, Milton; Poris, Marilyn – 1988
To learn more about the initial effects of word processing on essay-writing performance and on writing apprehension, eight English instructors at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York, conducted a one-semester controlled experiment with freshmen in eight randomly selected college writing classes. Eighty students wrote essays using terminals…
Descriptors: College English, College Freshmen, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy
Cross, John A.; Curey, Bob J. – 1984
The effect of microcomputer word processing on college students' writing was investigated with three sections of a required freshman English course at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Half of the subjects were randomly selected to use the university microcomputer in a laboratory setting to write eight essays, while the other half worked in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College English, College Students, Computer Oriented Programs
Brown, Jane L. – 1985
Designing a curriculum to introduce freshman composition students to computer assisted composition involves the cooperation of the composition instructor and the writing center director. One college has developed such a curriculum using the "Milliken Word Processor" (Milliken Publishing Company), a simple program with a variety of…
Descriptors: Anxiety, College English, College Freshmen, Computer Assisted Instruction
Bilson, Barbara, Ed.; Woodruff, Bert, Ed. – Inside English, 1985
Designed primarily for English faculty at two-year colleges in California, "Inside English" includes articles on instructional innovations in teaching remedial writing, literature courses, and freshman composition, and on major curricular, administrative, and employment issues in the field. The four issues of volume 12 include the following…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College English, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction
