Matches in SemOpenAlex for { <https://semopenalex.org/work/W228804989> ?p ?o ?g. }
Showing items 1 to 79 of
79
with 100 items per page.
- W228804989 abstract "In Fall Semester, 1981, randomly selected students taking freshman composition at Colorado State University wrote essays using word-processing equipment and a computer programmed with DICTION, SUGGEST, STYLE, and SPELL, programs developed by Bell Laboratories. Studies at Bell Laboratories have shown that technical writers using these programs not only edit more thoroughly but also learn to edit on their own. This study tests for similar improvement in college writing and editing skills and also measures effects of computer assistance on attitudes toward writing. Our tests suggest that textual analysis with computers intrigues college writers and speeds learning of editing skills by offering immediate, reliable, and consistent attention to surface features of their prose. Most freshmen writers have had little practice editing their own written work so little that wordy expressions, faulty diction, and spelling errors increasingly mar even their most careful composition. Bedeviled by these and other problems of young writers, we began exploring ways of using word-processing technology and computers to help students analyze and edit their own writing before handing it in for marking. While we were preparing a computerized diction list, reports reached us about Bell Laboratories' extraordinary editing software Writer's Workbench (Macdonald, 1980; Cherry, 1981, 1982; Cherry & Vesterman, 1981; Frase, et al., 1981; Macdonald, et al., 1982). Discovering our parallel interests, Colorado State University and Bell Laboratories began discussions leading to a research exchange permitting CSU to test and adapt Writer's Workbench for teaching composition. During these negotiations, CSU leased the three Workbench programs then available. In Fall Semester, 1981, randomly selected students taking freshman composition wrote essays using word-processing equipment and a computer programmed with DICTION, SUGGEST, and STYLE. Also included in the test was SPELL, Bell Laboratories' spelling checker distributed with the computer we used for the experiment. Studies at Bell Laboratories (Gingrich, et al., 1981) have shown that technical writers using Writer's Workbench not only edit more thoroughly but also learn to edit on their own. What might the effect be on college writers? Few would doubt the value of students correcting their own spellResearch in the Teaching of English, Vol. 17, No. 3, October 1983" @default.
- W228804989 created "2016-06-24" @default.
- W228804989 creator A5053054393 @default.
- W228804989 creator A5087190648 @default.
- W228804989 date "1983-01-01" @default.
- W228804989 modified "2023-09-23" @default.
- W228804989 title "Textual Analysis with Computers: Tests of Bell Laboratories' Computer Software." @default.
- W228804989 cites W1970952354 @default.
- W228804989 cites W2042783681 @default.
- W228804989 cites W2106518779 @default.
- W228804989 cites W2296431611 @default.
- W228804989 hasPublicationYear "1983" @default.
- W228804989 type Work @default.
- W228804989 sameAs 228804989 @default.
- W228804989 citedByCount "18" @default.
- W228804989 crossrefType "journal-article" @default.
- W228804989 hasAuthorship W228804989A5053054393 @default.
- W228804989 hasAuthorship W228804989A5087190648 @default.
- W228804989 hasConcept C138885662 @default.
- W228804989 hasConcept C144024400 @default.
- W228804989 hasConcept C150670947 @default.
- W228804989 hasConcept C154945302 @default.
- W228804989 hasConcept C164913051 @default.
- W228804989 hasConcept C19165224 @default.
- W228804989 hasConcept C204321447 @default.
- W228804989 hasConcept C2777801307 @default.
- W228804989 hasConcept C2779145975 @default.
- W228804989 hasConcept C2779148373 @default.
- W228804989 hasConcept C2780957641 @default.
- W228804989 hasConcept C2983335612 @default.
- W228804989 hasConcept C36464697 @default.
- W228804989 hasConcept C41008148 @default.
- W228804989 hasConcept C41895202 @default.
- W228804989 hasConcept C554936623 @default.
- W228804989 hasConceptScore W228804989C138885662 @default.
- W228804989 hasConceptScore W228804989C144024400 @default.
- W228804989 hasConceptScore W228804989C150670947 @default.
- W228804989 hasConceptScore W228804989C154945302 @default.
- W228804989 hasConceptScore W228804989C164913051 @default.
- W228804989 hasConceptScore W228804989C19165224 @default.
- W228804989 hasConceptScore W228804989C204321447 @default.
- W228804989 hasConceptScore W228804989C2777801307 @default.
- W228804989 hasConceptScore W228804989C2779145975 @default.
- W228804989 hasConceptScore W228804989C2779148373 @default.
- W228804989 hasConceptScore W228804989C2780957641 @default.
- W228804989 hasConceptScore W228804989C2983335612 @default.
- W228804989 hasConceptScore W228804989C36464697 @default.
- W228804989 hasConceptScore W228804989C41008148 @default.
- W228804989 hasConceptScore W228804989C41895202 @default.
- W228804989 hasConceptScore W228804989C554936623 @default.
- W228804989 hasIssue "3" @default.
- W228804989 hasLocation W2288049891 @default.
- W228804989 hasOpenAccess W228804989 @default.
- W228804989 hasPrimaryLocation W2288049891 @default.
- W228804989 hasRelatedWork W134343003 @default.
- W228804989 hasRelatedWork W1486109976 @default.
- W228804989 hasRelatedWork W1495088837 @default.
- W228804989 hasRelatedWork W1514520715 @default.
- W228804989 hasRelatedWork W1565064053 @default.
- W228804989 hasRelatedWork W1613172830 @default.
- W228804989 hasRelatedWork W1711296502 @default.
- W228804989 hasRelatedWork W1996538555 @default.
- W228804989 hasRelatedWork W2015169059 @default.
- W228804989 hasRelatedWork W2061152250 @default.
- W228804989 hasRelatedWork W225326630 @default.
- W228804989 hasRelatedWork W225804585 @default.
- W228804989 hasRelatedWork W239441633 @default.
- W228804989 hasRelatedWork W266436402 @default.
- W228804989 hasRelatedWork W279069739 @default.
- W228804989 hasRelatedWork W2796732574 @default.
- W228804989 hasRelatedWork W298292872 @default.
- W228804989 hasRelatedWork W322666974 @default.
- W228804989 hasRelatedWork W332297427 @default.
- W228804989 hasRelatedWork W41190960 @default.
- W228804989 hasVolume "17" @default.
- W228804989 isParatext "false" @default.
- W228804989 isRetracted "false" @default.
- W228804989 magId "228804989" @default.
- W228804989 workType "article" @default.