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Peer reviewedOwston, Ronald D.; And Others – Research in the Teaching of English, 1992
Finds that papers written by eighth graders on computer were rated significantly higher on all four dimensions of a holistic/analytic writing assessment scale. Notes that students made more microstructural than macrostructural changes and continuously revised at all stages of their writing. Considers student experience with computers and the…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Junior High Schools, Revision (Written Composition), Word Processing
