Promise in Impermanence
Children Writing with Unlimited Access to Word Processors
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13899609 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chris Breese (University of Hertfordshire, corresponding author), Anita Jackson (University of Roehampton), Terry Prince (University of Hertfordshire) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 129-160 |
| Publication date | 1996-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Adolescence and Youth (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0267-3843 • E-ISSN: 2164-4527 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02673843.1996.9747786 |
| OpenAlex | W1993261105 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 8 |
During the last fifteen years, there have been a number of investigations into the effects of word processors on writing, and how they might change the way we write. However, until recently, very little research has been conducted over a sustained time period with a large group of children. This study investigated the effects of unlimited access to word processors on children's writing over a period of 20 months. Each of the 22 children in a Year 7 class (eleven year olds) was given a laptop computer to use for all their writing in English lessons. Samples of their narrative writing were collected in the first and fifth school terms, and compared with samples from a parallel class who used only hand writing methods over the same time period. The samples were analysed using criteria for assessing writing quality and syntactical maturity. The results indicated that, against all the criteria used, the children using word processors showed significant improvement over the children using pen and paper. Most of these benefits were immediate and persisted over the period of the study. This paper considers the role of word processors in the writing process, and implications for classroom teachers
Class (philosophy · Impermanence · Laptop · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Narrative · Natural language processing · Period (music · Vocabulary · Word (group theory · Word learning · Word processing · Computer Science · Digital Accessibility for Disabilities · Digital Communication and Language · History · Psychology · Writing and Handwriting Education · Artificial Intelligence
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |