Creative Writing: Do Word Processors Help or Hurt Students' Creativity?.

Bracey, Gerald

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ERIC Number: EJ453298

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1992

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Creative Writing: Do Word Processors Help or Hurt Students' Creativity?

Bracey, Gerald

Electronic Learning, v12 n3 p12 Nov-Dec 1992

Discussion of creativity in writing focuses on a study of eighth graders that compared results of an expository writing assignment completed on word processors with the assignment using pencil and paper. Students' ability levels are considered, and revision processes are examined. (LRW)

Descriptors: Academic Ability, Comparative Analysis, Creative Writing, Creativity, Expository Writing, Grade 8, Intermode Differences, Junior High Schools, Revision (Written Composition), Word Processing, Writing Instruction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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