Computer-assisted Instruction in Composition

Computer-assisted Instruction in Composition
Author: Cynthia L. Selfe
Publisher: Urbana, Ill. : National Council of Teachers of English
Total Pages: 166
Release: 1986
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Intended for writing teachers and administrators of middle school through college writing programs, this guide suggests how to translate approaches to teaching composition into computer assisted instruction (CAI) software. The book encourages writing teachers to see themselves as composition specialists who can team up with specialists in computer programming and educational field-testing in order to increase their own effectiveness in the classroom. Each chapter describes one step in the process of designing CAI software. The chapters discuss the following: (1) identifying assumptions about writing and pedagogy; (2) getting started on a CAI project; (3) working with a design team; (4) making pedagogical decisions about a CAI lesson; (5) integrating response and evaluation into a CAI lesson; (6) thinking about screen display; (7) field testing a CAI lesson; and (8) spreading the word about CAI software. Worksheets for each step in the design process, suitable for copying, are included. (SRT)

The Computer in Composition Instruction

The Computer in Composition Instruction
Author: William Wresch
Publisher:
Total Pages: 234
Release: 1984
Genre: Education
ISBN:

This compilation of articles on computer applications in writing instruction deals with the areas of prewriting, editing and grammar, word processing research and applications, and programs for the writing process. It contains the following papers: "Recollections of First-Generation Computer-Assisted Prewriting," by Hugh Burns; "Computer-Based Creative Problem Solving." by Dawn Rodrigues and Raymond J. Rodrigues; "SEEN: A Tutorial and User Network for Hypothesis Testing," by Helen Schwartz; "Improving Students' Revising and Editing: The Writer's Workbench System" by Kathleen Kiefer and Charles Smith; "HOMER: Teaching Style with a Microcomputer," by Michael Cohen and Richard Lanham; "The COMP-LAB Writing Modules: Computer-Assisted Grammar Instruction," by Michael Southwell;"Integrating Computers into a Writing Curriculum; or, Buying, Begging, and Building," by Lillian Bridwell and Donald Ross; "Real-Time Gadgets with Feedback: Special Effects in Computer-Assisted Writing," by Stephen Marcus; "Can the Computer Stimulate Writers' Inner Dialogues?," by Colette Daiute; "Questions, Answers, and Automated Writing," by William Wresch; "WANDAH: Writing-Aid AND Author's Helper," by Ruth Von Blum and Michael Cohen; "Wordsworth II: Process-Based CAI for College Composition Teachers," by Cynthia Selfe; and "Toward the Design of a Flexible, Computer-Based Writing Environment," by Christine Neuwirth. It also contains an annotated bibliography and a glossary of computer terms. (CRH)

Teaching Composition

Teaching Composition
Author: Gary Tate
Publisher: TCU Press
Total Pages: 456
Release: 1987
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780875650692