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Peer reviewedNeuner, Jerome L. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1987
Compares cohesive ties and chains in the good and poor essays of college freshmen. Results indicate that longer chains, greater variety of words, and greater maturity or word choice characterize good writing. (SRT)
Descriptors: Cohesion (Written Composition), Freshman Composition, Higher Education, Language Usage
Etchison, Craig – 1985
Based on the general lack of empirical evidence on the effects of word processors on writing quality, a study focused on changes in writing quality and syntax of first-year college writers who were taught to use word processors as part of their English composition class. The issue addressed was whether using word processors increased the syntactic…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Freshman Composition
