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Langston, M. Diane – 1987
"Cognoter(tm)" and "CB" software, two new computer-based writing tools that rely on shared texts and real-time communication among participants and support collaborative invention, have implications for invention pedagogy and research. Cognoter improves on current invention aids by combining a brainstorming tool, a graphical…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education
Strickland, James – 1986
A study examined the quantity and quality of ideas produced in freshman composition students' writing to determine whether computer assisted instruction (CAI) stimulates invention as well as or better than current invention instruction in traditional classrooms. Two CAI programs were used: QUEST, the systematic program that examines an item/event…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Conventional Instruction, Courseware
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Strickland, James – Computers and Composition, 1987
Appraises the computer as a prewriting aid. Evaluates both the quality and quantity of ideas produced by various invention techniques and programs, and compares results of similar studies by Hugh Burns and Helen Schwartz. (NKA)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Freshman Composition, Heuristics
Strickland, James – 1987
A protocol study investigated whether computer tutors (programs that interactively guide writers while they freewrite with a word processing program) promote or hinder a richer understanding of the composing process. The analysis focused on writers' attitudes toward computer tutors in the invention process. Data were collected by tape recording a…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Freshman Composition, Higher Education, Protocol Analysis
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL. – 1985
This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 38 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) how writing centers succeed and fail; (2) the effects of scoring method, topic, and mode on grade 12 students' writing scores; (3) analysis of the peer…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Annotated Bibliographies, Assignments, Computer Assisted Instruction