Windows on Composing: Teaching Revision on Word Processors

College Composition and Communication Oct 1988

Windows on Composing: Teaching Revision on Word Processors

Marcia S. Curtis

Abstract

Word processors, as teaching machines, are currently caught in something of a backlash. Just a few years ago, we heard they possessed almost magical powers for student writing and writing instruction. Now, before some of us have even had a chance to try them for ourselves, researchers have begun to tell us that computers do not really help student writers much after all. On the contrary, they warn, when students' performances with text editors are judged against their performances with pen and paper, inexperienced writers, those whose typical revising behaviors are actually editing behaviors, continue to edit exclusively and with increased frequency on the word pro-

Journal: College Composition and Communication
Published: 1988-10-01
DOI: 10.2307/357471
Open Access: Closed
Topics: revision

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