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ERIC Number: EJ428970
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1046-3364
Computers in the Basic Writing Classroom. Part I: A Taxonomy of Uses for Computers in Teaching Basic Writing.
Pence, Penny; And Others
Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, v7 n1 p65-73 Fall 1990
Describes five categories of software that can be useful in the basic writing classroom: computer-assisted instruction, computer-controlled instruction, artificial intelligence, computer-based rhetorical invention, and word processing. Evaluates each type of software in terms of their ability to fulfill the goals of basic writing instruction to help teachers select software. (DMM)
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Basic Writing, Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Higher Education, Remedial Instruction, Word Processing
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Researchers; Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Computer Based Rhetorical Invention