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Peer reviewedEklundh, Kerstin Severinson – Computers and Composition, 1994
Examines critically the claim that computers give rise to nonlinear writing. Presents a new computer-based research tool, "S-Notation," that can automatically trace a writer's revisions to a text in their natural order. Presents an ongoing study that applies this method to assess the effect of the writing task on the linearity of text production.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Research Methodology, Research Tools, Word Processing
Peer reviewedPufahl, John – College Composition and Communication, 1984
Discounts Collier's study of the effect of computer-based text editors on the quality of students' revision, arguing that editing is not an innate skill and that the computer predictably would not improve upon a process with which the students are not familiar. Collier replies that he excluded several methodological alternatives to reduce the…
Descriptors: Computers, Research Methodology, Research Problems, Revision (Written Composition)
Sirc, Geoffrey; Bridwell-Bowles, Lillian – Collegiate Microcomputer, 1988
Discussion of the use of computers as research tools to analyze the writing process focuses on a microcomputer-based software program, Recording WordStar. Studies using the software are described, including comparisons of traditional writing methods with word processing methods and utilization of the software's ability to play back a composition…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Intermode Differences
Download full textLiggett, Sarah – 1982
Supporting the contention that using experimental research designs will facilitate sound decisions about how to teach the composing process, this paper first describes briefly the range of research methods available for investigating the writing process. Next the paper discusses the advantages of conducting experimental research, some of which are…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Classroom Techniques, Higher Education, Research Design
Peer reviewedMiller, Kristyan Spelman – Language Teaching Research, 2000
Describes an approach to the study of writing processes based on the analysis of temporal aspects of the writing event. The approach involves recording the keystroke presses made during production of a text using a word processor, and analyzing such features as pausing, fluency, and revision activity. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: College Students, Data Collection, Higher Education, Language Fluency
Beach, Richard, Ed.; Bridwell, Lillian S., Ed. – 1984
This book contains 20 articles, from a wide variety of perspectives, designed to bridge the interests of researchers and teachers on the topic of current composition research. The following articles are included: "Studying the Writing Abilities of a University Freshman Class: Strategies from a Case Study" (Charles R. Cooper, with Roger…
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
