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ERIC Number: EJ406438
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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Pupils with Portable Writing Machines.
Peacock, Michael; Breese, Chris
Educational Review, v42 n1 p41-56 1990
Two sets of secondary students (n=26) were interviewed about attitudes toward writing after using laptop word processors. Handwriting remained popular and quicker for most writing tasks; neither planning nor constructive reflection on language were enhanced; typing speeds remained very slow; and the connotations of "writing" were beginning to alter. (Author/SK)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Foreign Countries, Handwriting, Revision (Written Composition), Secondary Education, Typewriting, Word Processing, Writing Attitudes, Writing Improvement
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Great Britain; Laptop Computers