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Beyond word processing, using an interactive learning environment to teach writing / Patricia A. Carlson, Todd M. Miller.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Carlson, Patricia A., author.
- Miller, Todd M., author.
- Series:
- AL/HR-TR ; 1996-0090.
- AL/HR-TR ; 1996-0090
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Composition and exercises--Study and teaching.
- English language.
- Interactive computer systems.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (v, 22 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Brooks Air Force Base, Tex. : Air Force Materiel Command, Armstrong Laboratory, September 1996.
- Summary:
- This study examines whether computer-aided instruction that explicitly models the process of composing for basic writers is more effective than traditional classroom instruction. Three objectives guided the research: to determine the basic quality of essays from the treatment and the control group using standard, holistic rating methods; to infer cognitive development by measuring improvement along four separate measures using an analytic scale; to determine whether initial aptitude was a factor in performance differences. Eight-hundred and fifty-two eighth-grade English students (423 in the control group and 429 in the treatment group) completed a 40-minute transactional writing sample at the beginning and at the end of a 16-week semester. The results show that the group using a computerized cognition facilitator outperformed the group taught only in the traditional classroom both on the holistic and on the analytical measures. Additionally, when the population was partitioned to reflect initial ability the treatment group in the lower segment showed marked improvement, whereas the high-end segment of the treatment group produced no significant gain. When partitioned in the same manner, the high-end for the control group degraded in performance, while the lower-end control improved both on the holistic and the analytic measures.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed November 19, 2014).
- "Mei Technology Corp."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 19-22).
- Other Format:
- Microfiche version: Carlson, Patricia A. Beyond word processing
- OCLC:
- 227836245
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