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ERIC Number: EJ368918
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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The Impact of Computers on the Writing Process.
MacArthur, Charles A.
Exceptional Children, v54 n6 p536-42 Apr 1988
The paper discusses: features of word processors and their impact on the writing process and the social context for writing; research on word processors in schools and the potential instructional role of extensions to word processors, such as spelling and style checkers, synthesized speech output, computer networks, and interactive prompting programs. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Interaction, Man Machine Systems, Online Systems, Prompting, Speech Synthesizers, Spelling, Word Processing, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction, Writing Processes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Note: Special Issue: Research and Instruction in Written Language.