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Kurth, Ruth J. – Educational Technology, 1987
Describes a study designed to determine whether the use of computer word processing would improve both the amount and quality of revision done by high school student writers. The effects of word processing on composition length and revision, and students' attitudes toward writing and word processing are discussed. (47 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction, Expository Writing, High Schools
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
Kurth, Ruth J. – 1986
A study examined whether the use of word processors would enhance the amount and quality of students' revisions. Subjects, 28 high school sophomores and juniors enrolled in a special class for interested writers, met twice a week for 60 minutes in either a computer laboratory (experimental group) or in a regular classroom (control group). Findings…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, High Schools, Peer Evaluation, Revision (Written Composition)
Biggs, John B. – 1988
Studies of text comprehension have suggested that readers focus on different levels of ideational unit while reading, thereby affecting the quality of their comprehension of the text. A study examined the viability of the deep-surface categorization with regard to essay-writing and the relation of different approaches to writing to the quality of…
Descriptors: Essays, Foreign Countries, Grade 11, Graduate Students
Smith, Richard Alan; Anderson, Luanna K. – Computing Teacher, 1994
Describes a telecommunications project in Texas that used inexpensive laptop computers for word processing with classes of low-achieving tenth-grade language arts students. Highlights include parent involvement; student writing processes; telecommunication with other students via the Texas Education Network (TENET); database use; and student…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Cost Effectiveness, Databases, Grade 10
Download full textLansing, Margaret L. – 1984
The interaction between student writers and word processors was the subject of a case study that assessed (1) how advanced high school students respond to learning word processing, (2) what immediate impact the machine has on the writing processes and strategies of students, and (3) whether the machine alters students' attitudes toward writing…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Grade 11, High Schools
Hooper, Stephen C. – 1987
Intended to categorize the literature on writing with word processors in high school and college classrooms and to determine the quality of the literature as well, this critical review looks at selected works on word processing in English instruction. The first section examines studies and methodologies, while the second section investigates…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, High Schools, Higher Education
