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Peer reviewedPeacock, Michael; Beard, Roger – Educational Review, 1997
Review of research on students' use of word processing for text generation and revision and its impact on text quality suggests that enthusiasm about its benefits may be misplaced. Enabling students to model structural features of sophisticated texts may help with complex writing tasks and change conceptions of writing. (SK)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Foreign Countries, Revision (Written Composition), Secondary Education
