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ERIC Number: EJ482040
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-1043-1055
A Descriptive Study Comparing Computer-Based Word Processing and Handwriting on Attitudes and Performance of Third and Fourth Grade Students Involved in a Program Based on a Process Approach to Writing.
Seawel, Lori; And Others
Journal of Computing in Childhood Education, v5 n1 p43-59 1994
Compared the effects of computer-based word processing and writing by hand on 14 third and fourth graders' attitudes and performance in the writing process. Found that third graders tended to make more revisions and edits when using a word processor, whereas fourth graders made more changes in their handwritten drafts. (MDM)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Computer Attitudes, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Handwriting, Individual Differences, Process Approach (Writing), Process Education, Word Processing, Writing Attitudes, Writing Processes, Writing Skills
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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