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Download full textDickson, W. Patrick – 1986
Focusing on the application of new technologies to the creation of rich environments for writing, this project entailed the assembling of a low-cost microcomputer system that included a microcomputer, speech synthesis, voice recognition, and videodisk player. A variety of alternative input devices were explored, and software that permitted the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedBorgh, Karin; Dickson, W. Patrick – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1992
Synthesized speech was added to a word processor used by children in grades two and five. Each student wrote four stories on a microcomputer and received spoken feedback on two of them. It was found that students wrote longer stories, edited more, and enjoyed writing more with the spoken feedback. (24 references) (LAE)
Descriptors: Children, Communication Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction, Creative Writing
