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Peer reviewedOwston, Ronald D.; And Others – Research in the Teaching of English, 1992
Finds that papers written by eighth graders on computer were rated significantly higher on all four dimensions of a holistic/analytic writing assessment scale. Notes that students made more microstructural than macrostructural changes and continuously revised at all stages of their writing. Considers student experience with computers and the…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Junior High Schools, Revision (Written Composition), Word Processing
Peer reviewedOwston, Ronald D.; And Others – Computers in the Schools, 1991
Students in four eighth grade communications arts classes wrote two stories--one using a word processor and one written manually. Participants' attitudes toward writing and editing were assessed. Stories were graded for overall competence, organization, support of ideas, and mechanics; a subsample received detailed analysis. Word processed stories…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Editing, Grade 8, Junior High Schools
Download full textOwston, Ronald D.; And Others – 1991
This study examined the impact of word processors on the writing of eighth grade students experienced in computer use. Four classes of students (n=111) were asked to write one expository paper on the computer and another paper on a similar theme by hand in a repeated measures research design that controlled for effects of order of writing (on or…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Foreign Countries, Grade 8
Owston, Ronald D.; And Others – 1990
A study assessed the impact of word processing on the writing of junior high school students, experienced in working with computers, for a number of tasks, including writing. Subjects, 111 eighth grade students in four communications arts classes at a Canadian middle-class suburban school, who had been using computers for writing for a year and a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Junior High Schools, Multivariate Analysis
Peer reviewedWideman, Herbert H.; Owston, Ronald D. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1993
Discusses knowledge base development as a pedagogical activity and describes a study of eighth graders that compared three instructional conditions: (1) expert system development work; (2) problem-solving activities using computer-assisted instruction; and (3) a control group that used traditional noncomputer methods. Pretest and posttest scores…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Conventional Instruction, Courseware
Wideman, Herbert H.; Owston, Ronald D. – 1991
This study examined cognitive processes and outcomes associated with student knowledge base development. Sixty-nine students from two grade 8 classes were randomly assigned to one of three groups: a knowledge base development (KBD) group, a problem-solving software group, and a control group. Those in the KBD group received relevant instruction…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Analysis of Covariance, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis
