dc.contributor.author	Thigpen, Andrea K.	en_US
dc.coverage.spatial	South Georgia	en_US
dc.coverage.temporal	2001-2003	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2009-09-16T15:11:57Z	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2009-09-30T15:58:39Z	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2011-03-02T17:29:20Z
dc.date.available	2009-09-16T15:11:57Z	en_US
dc.date.available	2009-09-30T15:58:39Z	en_US
dc.date.available	2011-03-02T17:29:20Z
dc.date.issued	2003-05	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10428/108	en_US
dc.description.abstract	The purpose of the research was to determine the impact of computers on the quality and quantity of student writing, the number of revisions made by the students, and the attitudes of the students toward writing. Before beginning the action research study, a literature review was conducted in order to see what research has already been conducted in the area of computers as writing tools. The instructional unit was taught over a fourweek time span. The participants in this study were forty-three first-grade students. This study included an evaluation of writing samples, teacher observation, and a postintervention student survey. As the students learned the steps of the writing process, they worked with a partner to write a story. The students in the control group wrote with paper and pencil, while the students in the experimental group wrote on the computer. Findings suggest that the students who wrote on the computer wrote better quality stories, wrote longer stories, made more revisions, and had a better overall attitude toward writing.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Valdosta State University	en_US
dc.rights	Copyright protected. Unauthorized reproduction or use beyond the exceptions granted by the Fair Use clause of U.S. Copyright law may violate federal law.	en_US
dc.subject	Student writing	en_US
dc.subject	Computers	en_US
dc.subject	Quality	en_US
dc.subject.lcsh	Educational technology	en_US
dc.subject.lcsh	Teaching--Aids and devices	en_US
dc.subject.lcsh	Computer-assisted instruction	en_US
dc.title	The Impact of Computers on the Writing Processes of First-Grade Students	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Curriculum and Instructional Technology	en_US
dc.description.advisor	Leader, Lars F.	en_US
dc.description.committee	Brovey, Andrew J.	en_US
dc.description.committee	Zahner, Jane	en_US
dc.description.degree	Ed. S.	en_US
dc.description.major	Instructional Technology	en_US