Comparison of Spontaneous and Word Processed Compositions in Elementary. Classrooms: A Three-Year Study.

Shaw, Edward L.

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ERIC Number: EJ503605

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Publication Date: 1994

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Comparison of Spontaneous and Word Processed Compositions in Elementary. Classrooms: A Three-Year Study.

Shaw, Edward L.

Journal of Computing in Childhood Education, v5 n3-4 p319-27 1994

Investigates the ability of third-grade students to generate essays either by hand or with a word processing program. Indicates that the length and quality of the handwritten essays were superior to the computer-generated ones, suggesting that third-grade students were not as efficient in using a word processing program to generate essays as they were in writing them by hand. (AA)

Descriptors: Child Language, Comparative Analysis, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Handwriting, Keyboarding (Data Entry), Longitudinal Studies, Primary Education, Word Processing, Writing (Composition), Writing Assignments, Writing Processes, Writing Skills, Writing Strategies

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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