The Effect of the Word Processor and the Style Checker on Revision in Technical Writing: What Do We Know, and What Do We Need to Find Out?.

Markel, Mike

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Publication Date: 1990

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The Effect of the Word Processor and the Style Checker on Revision in Technical Writing: What Do We Know, and What Do We Need to Find Out?

Markel, Mike

Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, v20 n4 p329-42 1990

Surveys and critiques what has been written about style checkers and text-editing capabilities of the computer to assist in revising technical writing. Finds the literature inconclusive largely because it is anecdotal and methodologically flawed. Suggests a new research agenda and focus. (KEH)

Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Editing, Higher Education, Literature Reviews, Research Needs, Research Problems, Revision (Written Composition), Technical Writing, Word Processing, Writing Research

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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