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ERIC Number: EJ621171
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0098-6291
Making Word Processing More Effective in the Composition Classroom.
Goldfine, Ruth
Teaching English in the Two-Year College, v28 n3 p307-15 Mar 2001
Outlines detrimental effects of word processing in the composition classroom on planning, reading, organizing, revising, error detection, and spelling and vocabulary skill development. Discusses strategies instructors can use to teach students to use the computer at each stage of the writing process in ways that encourage and develop the higher-order thinking essential to good writing. (SR)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Thinking Skills, Word Processing, Writing Improvement, Writing Instruction, Writing Processes
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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