ERIC - Search Results

Descriptor

Cooperative Learning	4
Higher Education	4
Word Processing	4
Computer Assisted Instruction	3
Writing Instruction	3
Computer Software	2
Elementary Secondary Education	2
Keyboarding (Data Entry)	2
Language Arts	2
Poetry	2
Writing Across the Curriculum	2
Writing Laboratories	2
Writing Skills	2
Case Studies	1
College Instruction	1
Computer Mediated…	1
Computer Networks	1
Creative Writing	1
Cultural Pluralism	1
Foreign Countries	1
Group Dynamics	1
Instructional Effectiveness	1
Language Acquisition	1
Learner Controlled Instruction	1
Learning Activities	1
More ▼

Source

Computers and Composition	1
South African Journal of…	1
Writing Notebook: Creative…	1

Author

Franklin, Sharon, Ed.	2
Burley, Hansel	1
Grobler, Madelise	1
Madian, Jon, Ed.	1
de Villiers, Carina	1

Publication Type

Journal Articles	2
Reports - Research	2
Collected Works - Serials	1
Guides - Classroom - Teacher	1
Guides - Non-Classroom	1

Education Level

Audience

Location

South Africa

Laws, Policies, & Programs

Assessments and Surveys

What Works Clearinghouse Rating

Showing all 4 results Save | Export

Does the Medium Make the Magic? The Effects of Cooperative Learning and Conferencing Software.

Peer reviewed

Burley, Hansel – Computers and Composition, 1998

Describes how using conferencing software in a computer-assisted writing environment became a catalyst for a distinctive learning ecology that interrelated prosocial student behaviors, learner-centered teaching, and assessment. Argues that the conferencing class not only helped students apply critical thinking and problem-solving skills in…

Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Cooperative Learning, Group Dynamics

The Implementation of a Computer-Supported Cooperative Learning Environment: A Case Study.

Peer reviewed

Grobler, Madelise; de Villiers, Carina – South African Journal of Higher Education, 1996

A University of Pretoria (South Africa) study investigated the instructional effectiveness of and participant attitudes toward cooperative learning in a computer-assisted instructional setting (a word-processing course for teachers) which also stressed cultural diversity and ethnic relations. Subjects were 10 individuals and 8 groups (with a total…

Descriptors: Case Studies, College Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning

Making the Literature, Writing, Word Processing Connection: The Best of the Writing Notebook. 2nd Edition.

Franklin, Sharon, Ed. – 1988

Based on the conviction that word processing can be used to support the key elements in process writing, writing across the curriculum, cooperative learning, and literature-based instruction, this collection of 90 short articles offers a diversity of ideas to help build an enriched student-, language-, and world-centered curriculum. The book is…

Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education

The Writing Notebook: Creative Word Processing in the Classroom--November/December 1986, January/February 1987, and April/May 1987.

Franklin, Sharon, Ed.; Madian, Jon, Ed. – Writing Notebook: Creative Word Processing in the Classroom, 1986

Produced using a Macintosh Plus and LaserWriter Printer, these journals present articles relating to word processing in the classroom. Articles and their authors for the November/December 1986 issue include: "Computer Assisted Instruction: Western Europe" (Owen and Irene Thomas); "FrEd Writing" (B. Fleury); "Writing Up a…

Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Cooperative Learning, Creative Writing