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Teichman, Milton; Poris, Marilyn – 1985
To learn more about the impact of word processing on the writing of college freshmen, a 2-year study involving 320 students of average writing ability investigated whether (1) students using word processors write significantly better than those who do not; (2) manipulating and improving sentences on a screen affects students' awareness of grammar,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Freshman Composition, Higher Education, Learning Strategies
Download full textShermis, Michael – 1989
This annotated bibliography contains 26 references on writing apprehension found in the ERIC database. The bibliography contains citations from the period between 1985 and 1989 and is divided into four sections. The first section lists sources of teaching ideas. Citations in the second section deal with the use of computers in alleviating writing…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Computer Assisted Instruction, English Instruction, Higher Education
Peer reviewedTeichman, Milton; Poris, Marilyn – Computers and the Humanities, 1989
Reports a study of the initial effects of word processing on essay-writing performance and on writing apprehension. Concludes that college freshmen using word processing showed greater progress in writing performance from pre to post essay tests than did those using traditional methods, but they did not show significant difference in writing…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers, Expository Writing
Gaunder, Eleanor Parks – 1988
A qualitative study examined the revision of writing on the word processor of two re-entering students in advanced composition in comparison to three traditional-age students. Its purposes were to see whether there was any difference in adaptation to the word processor between the two groups and whether each writer had a consistent revision…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Higher Education, Nontraditional Students
Peer reviewedReed, W. Michael – Computers in Human Behavior, 1990
Describes a study of undergraduates at West Virginia University that was conducted to investigate the effects of computer-based instruction on writing performance and writing apprehension. Computer anxiety is measured, appropriate software is discussed, and the quality of pretreatment and posttreatment essays are compared with essays written…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Higher Education
Chadwick, Stephen; Bruce, Nigel – Hong Kong Papers in Lingustics and Language Teaching, 1989
A study at Hong Kong University explored the use of the word processor as a writing tool in enhancing a process approach to writing instruction and the effect it has on writing performance, student attitudes to writing and revising, and the process by which students revise their scripts. A comparative analysis was done on a control group of 13…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
