Author : Mary Jo Martin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (98 download)
Book Synopsis Access to Technology and Writing Success by : Mary Jo Martin
Download or read book Access to Technology and Writing Success written by Mary Jo Martin and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of word processing on student's written language conventions. The author ran this study with two sixth-grade language arts classes. One class was asked to word process all writing assignments. The other class was required to hand write their writing assignments. Based on Morphy and Graham's (2012) meta-analysis, the researcher predicted that students who word process their writing assignments will display greater quality and quantity in their writings. After analyzing an initial writing sample, the teacher asked for three additional samples which were scored for 1) a count of total words written and 2) correct word sequences. Students in the test group also were given mini-lessons on word processing. The word processing class performed slightly better than the handwriting class, and students also learned useful skills such as keyboarding, computer skills, document formatting, and file transfer. The author resolved to implement word processing for all classes in the future.