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Peer reviewedNeufeld, Karen – Reading Improvement, 1989
Qualitatively examines the problems and successes of first- and second-grade children as they were introduced to word processors. Finds that the problems encountered were neither lasting enough, nor insurmountable enough to recommend not introducing children to word processors. (RS)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Error Analysis (Language), Grade 1, Grade 2
Download full textGreater Erie Community Action Committee, PA. – 1993
A program of basic language/writing skills was designed to enhance the literacy levels of 24 multicultural seniors, aged 65 or older, who were recruited from senior centers throughout Erie County, Pennsylvania. Computer literacy and basic word processing skills were taught along with basic language/writing skills in a nonthreatening learning…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Computer Literacy
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 1987
This working paper is a compilation of articles prepared for the Policy and the Higher Literacies Project. The two-year project examines key leverage points in state and local education policy levels and how they may promote or constrict the acquisition of higher levels of literacy for a much broader range of American students. Research strongly…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Burley, Hansel – 1994
A study was conducted in spring 1991, spring 1993, and summer 1993 to determine the effect on the writing process of various types of word processing software used by developmental and second-level composition students. Analyses were conducted of developmental students (novice writers) and of composition students (above novice writers) at a Texas…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Basic Writing, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Bilson, Barbara, Ed.; Woodruff, Bert, Ed. – Inside English, 1985
Designed primarily for English faculty at two-year colleges in California, "Inside English" includes articles on instructional innovations in teaching remedial writing, literature courses, and freshman composition, and on major curricular, administrative, and employment issues in the field. The four issues of volume 12 include the following…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College English, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction
