Flexible texts: Computer editing in the study of writing

1 June 1985

journal article
research article
Published by Hindawi Limited in New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development

Vol. 1985 (28), 37-53
https://doi.org/10.1002/cd.23219852805

Abstract

Word processing may generate more than letter-perfect copy. When students use the editing capacities of microcomputers to the fullest, their efforts at reordering and deleting may provide insight into developmental differences in the writer's ability to create coherent texts.

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