Making Word Processing More Effective in the Composition Classroom
Making Word Processing More Effective in the Composition Classroom
Ruth Ann Goldfine
2001 · DOI: 10.58680/tetyc20011958
Teaching English in the Two-Year College · 6 Citations
TLDR
Strategic strategies instructors can use to teach students to use the computer at each stage of the writing process in ways that encourage and develop the higher-order thinking essential to good writing.
Abstract
Outlines detrimental effects of word processing in the composition classroom on planning, reading, organizing, revising, error detection, and spelling and vocabulary skill development. Discusses strategies instructors can use to teach students to use the computer at each stage of the writing process in ways that encourage and develop the higher-order thinking essential to good writing.