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Sammons, Fran Lyons – Instructor, 1987
A ten-day plan for letting students create their own choose-a-plot books is given. Students develop skills in creating plot structures, coming up with logical story lines, and inventing striking characters. Instructions for adapting the plan to word processing programs are given. (MT)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Elementary Education, Word Processing, Writing Skills
Lang, Moira – Instructor, 1999
Describes how personal digital assistants (PDAs) can help even the most reluctant young writers feel empowered. Designed to provide a one-computer-per-person ratio for an entire classroom, they offer interactive word processing at a low price. PDAs are useful because they are ready when the students are, they promote collaboration, and they make…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Word Processing, Writing Skills
Burdman, Debra – Academic Therapy, 1986
The article describes an approach by which word processing helps to solve some of the writing problems of learning disabled students. Aspects considered include prewriting, drafting, revising, and completing the story. (CL)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Prewriting, Revision (Written Composition)
Wheeler, Fay – Learning, 1985
Word processors can be used in the classroom to help teach both the mechanics of writing and the process as a whole. The computer can facilitate student/teacher conferencing, peer evaluation, peer collaboration, and purposeful writing. (DF)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Microcomputers, Teaching Methods
Haist, Caroline – 2000
This paper addresses the question of how grammar checkers may help or hinder students by analyzing the performance of the Microsoft Word 97's Grammar Checker at flagging and explaining errors frequently made by college students. Thousands of sentences were fed into the program. Results indicate that it caught some of the errors reliably (e.g.…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Error Correction, Grammar, Higher Education
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Mills, Joshua E.; Smith, Ron – Journalism Educator, 1982
Discusses the use of video display terminals in a newswriting course when there is not enough equipment to go around, and presents ways to use the terminal to improve students' grammar. (HOD)
Descriptors: Editing, Grammar, Higher Education, Input Output Devices
Reissman, Rose – Learning, 1992
Presents a computer-assisted activity that helps students discover the importance of choosing words carefully. With a word processing program, small groups of students prepare creative, fill-in-the-blank challenges in which classmates must replace missing adjectives or verbs. (SM)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Education, Language Arts, Learning Activities
Newton, Sandra S. – 1985
The use of word processing in composition classes provides the student with both the opportunity to experience a significant technology and the ability to improve the mechanics and style of their writing. Word processing software has many benefits over "drill and practice" programs, "dialogue" software, and "whole process" programs, since word…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Individualized Instruction, Postsecondary Education, Word Processing
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Blanchard, Jay S.; Mason, George E. – Journal of Reading, 1985
Describes five categories of computer programs useful for content area reading instruction: utility programs, word processing, simulations, telecommunications for access to a database, and story architecture. (HOD)
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Computer Software, Content Area Reading, Microcomputers
Mackey, Kevin – Classroom Computer Learning, 1984
Examined the rationale for and uses of electronic mail in the writing class. Indicates that with one computer and a word processing program, an electronic mail system can be set up that will stimulate students' writing and sharpen their communication skills. (JN)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Skills, Secondary Education, Skill Development
Platt, Carolyn W. – Learning, 1993
Children love writing and receiving personal messages. By setting up a mystery pen pal network in the classroom, elementary teachers can get students excited about writing. The article explains how to set up such a network using a computer and a word processing program. (SM)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Creative Teaching, Elementary Education, Letters (Correspondence)
Nash, James; Schwartz, Lawrence – Collegiate Microcomputer, 1987
Discussion of the use of microcomputers as word processors in basic writing classes highlights the improvements in students' writing skills. Changes in teachers' approaches to writing courses are discussed and results of a study of 24 students in a basic writing course using microcomputers at Montclair State College are presented. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Microcomputers, Pretests Posttests, Teaching Methods
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MacArthur, Charles A.; Graham, Steve – Journal of Special Education, 1987
Eleven fifth- and sixth-grade learning-disabled students composed and revised stories using handwriting, dictation, and word processing. Dictated stories differed from other formats on product measures such as length, quality, and grammatical errors. Differences between handwritten and word-processed stories were found on the process measures of…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Dictation, Handwriting, Intermediate Grades
Crozier, D. S. R. – Unicorn, Journal of the Australian College of Education, 1986
Word processors can assist teachers and students by focusing on writing as a process, rather than a product. Word processing breaks writing up into manageable chunks that permit writing skills to develop in an integraged manner. (10 references) (CJH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education
Fisher, Glenn – Instructor, 1983
Computerized word processing can be a valuable tool for writing instruction because the machines make it easier for students to properly revise and correct their work. Ways that teachers and students can use the machines are described, and problems, such as limited access to computer terminals and the necessity for students to type, are noted. (PP)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, Elementary Education, Learning Activities
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