Computers and Assessment: The Effect of Typing versus Handwriting on the Holistic Scoring of Essays.

Sweedler-Brown, Carol O.

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ERIC Number: EJ446282

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1991

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Computers and Assessment: The Effect of Typing versus Handwriting on the Holistic Scoring of Essays.

Sweedler-Brown, Carol O.

Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, v8 n1 p5-14 Fall 1991

Describes a study conducted at a large west coast state university, comparing holistic scores on developmental writing program final essays when the same essays were handwritten and computer typed. Reveals a bias against typed final essays, especially in essays which received high scores in the handwritten form. (DMM)

Descriptors: Basic Writing, Bias, Computer Uses in Education, Essays, Evaluation Research, Evaluators, Handwriting, Higher Education, Holistic Evaluation, Scoring, State Universities, Word Processing

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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