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ERIC Number: EJ564174
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0888-6504
Word Processors and Children's Writing in a High-Computer-Access Setting.
Owston, Ronald D.; Wideman, Herbert H.
Journal of Research on Computing in Education, v30 n2 p202-20 Win 1997
A three-year study (grades 3-5) of two groups of elementary school students determined that writing quality improved in a high-computer-access school, as indicated by holistic measures of writing message (meaning and content quality) and medium (quality of the form and surface features). In-class observation supported the contention that word processors contributed to the improvement. (PEN)
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Childrens Writing, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Environment, Educational Technology, Elementary Education, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Holistic Evaluation, Instructional Effectiveness, Observation, Word Processing, Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Writing Quality