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ERIC Number: EJ556422
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1911
"Almost an Invincible Repugnance"?: Word Processors and Pupil Writers.
Peacock, Michael; Beard, Roger
Educational Review, v49 n3 p283-94 Nov 1997
Review of research on students' use of word processing for text generation and revision and its impact on text quality suggests that enthusiasm about its benefits may be misplaced. Enabling students to model structural features of sophisticated texts may help with complex writing tasks and change conceptions of writing. (SK)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Foreign Countries, Revision (Written Composition), Secondary Education, Word Processing, Writing Processes
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: United Kingdom; Writing Quality