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Marjan Ebadijalal; Shahab Moradkhani – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2025
The present mixed-methods study aimed at investigating the effects of three writing conditions, including collaborative writing (CW), collaborative prewriting (CPW), and individual writing (IW), on the performance and motivation of 66 Iranian EFL learners in a computer-mediated communication (CMC) context. Data were obtained through a background…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Collaborative Writing, Prewriting, Writing (Composition)
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Nobel, Kerstin; Grünke, Matthias – Insights into Learning Disabilities, 2020
Most students who struggle with writing have particular trouble with planning a text. They do not find themselves sufficiently able to generate content and organize the ideas they wish to address into a coherent order. STOP & LIST is a well-proven strategy that has the potential to help students mold an internal representation of the text in…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Writing Skills, Writing (Composition)
Brown, Marjorie – Online Submission, 2011
Writing at the high school level requires higher cognitive and literacy skills. Educators must decide the strategies best suited for the varying skills of each process. Compounding this issue is the need to instruct students with learning disabilities. Writing for students with learning disabilities is a struggle at minimum; teachers have to find…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Instructional Materials, Process Approach (Writing), Special Education
Miller-Jacobs, Sandy – 1987
The word processor helps teachers to use the process approach to writing. In using the word processor, the teacher can create tasks on the computer to assist students during each step of the writing process, i.e., prewriting or idea processing, drafting or writing, revising/rewriting or editing, and the publishing process or communicating. Ideas…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Editing, Elementary Secondary Education
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Strickland, James – Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, 1992
Reviews four specific prewriting activities designed to foster prewriting and avoid premature drafting on the computer: freewriting, electronic journal-keeping, idea-generation, and online "conversations." Provides hints for developing lesson files, reviews current prewriting and hypertext software, and provides tips on selecting software. (14…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Prewriting
Southwest Regional Laboratory for Educational Research and Development, Los Alamitos, CA. – 1982
Divided into two sections, this report outlines several components of computer based instruction in the composing process. The first section, which focuses on the use of computers in editing, generating ideas, and producing text, presents a users' manual for composition instruction on a microcomputer, a general description of how computer based…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Editing, Elementary Education
Bryson, M.; And Others – 1986
To characterize the influence of various constraints on students' composing processes, a study investigated the (1) type of instructions students received prior to their composing and revising sessions, (2) mode of production--whether a computer or paper and pencil was used for composition and revision, and (3) effect of skill level on students'…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Prewriting, Revision (Written Composition)
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Wresch, William – College English, 1983
Describes projects using computer programs to help teach the writing process to college students. (MM)
Descriptors: College English, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Computers
Archibald, Georgia, Ed.; And Others – 1984
Drawing on the experiences of teachers of writing in elementary through junior high schools, the teaching strategies presented in this collection are grouped into four sections: prewriting, drafting, editing and publishing, and systems. Topics covered in the prewriting section include listening skills; thinking, speaking, and writing;…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Content Area Writing, Editing, Elementary Secondary Education
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Auten, Anne – English Journal, 1984
Examines materials available from ERIC that are designed to familiarize teachers with computer software. (MM)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction
Oates, William R.; Oates, Rita Haugh – 1987
Noting that (1) current research suggests that technology may contribute to improved instruction in writing but it does not do so automatically, and (2) while teachers may successfully employ computers with their writing students, their choices of methods remain critical, this paper surveys computer approaches and appropriate software for…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Reviews, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education
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Rodrigues, Raymond J. – English Journal, 1984
Describes interactive computer software programs that develop prewriting, word processing, and revising skills. (MM)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Baum, Joan – 1983
Intended as a resource for incorporating computer assisted instruction into existing English curricula, this guide reviews current work with computers in grammar, writing, and literature. Divided into 10 sections, the guide first presents a statement of purpose and then provides an overview of the relationship between English and computers.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Computers, Critical Thinking