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Peer reviewedPufahl, John P. – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1986
Shows how basic writing students' knowledge of how to use the computer to produce new, revised drafts of their essays in approximately an hour led to their productive use of word processing. (EL)
Descriptors: College English, Computer Assisted Instruction, English Instruction, Learning Processes
Weizenbaum, Joseph – EDUTECH Report, 1987
This two-part interview focuses on the high expectations for the role of computers in higher education that the author feels are not being met. Highlights include discussions of teaching methods incorporating computers, computer science education, computers as research tools, word processing, and the questionable value of learning programming…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Science Education
Peer reviewedHeffron, Kathleen – Reading Teacher, 1986
Explains how word processing can make it easy for students to adapt and improve text until they are happy with the results. Offers an example of word processing in action. (FL)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Educational Theories, Elementary Education
Download full textRiel, Margaret M.; Levin, James A. – 1985
The controversy over appropriate educational uses of computers is framed along a continuum based on the amount of support provided to the user. Software programs in which the user's role is to respond in a pre-determined structure (program controlled software) anchors one end of the continuum, while software which empowers the user to create new…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programing), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Games
