Date Approved
5-31-1995
Embargo Period
9-13-2016
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.A. in Elementary Education
Department
Interdisciplinary and Inclusive Education
College
College of Education
Advisor
Molinari, Louis
Subject(s)
English language--Composition and exercises--Study and teaching; First grade (Education)
Disciplines
Elementary Education and Teaching
Abstract
This study was based on the following question: Could it be that first grade students who receive primary writing instruction using The Children's Writing and Publishing Center computer software program compose longer and more detailed texts than those first grade students who receive traditional primary writing instruction using pencil and paper?
One group of students received primary writing instruction using a desktop publishing software program, while the other group received primary writing instruction using pencil and paper. After receiving an equal amount of instructional and individual writing time, both groups were given the same writing assignment. The students' compositions were evaluated and compared. Based on the evaluation of the students' compositions, the hypothesis of the study which stated that there would be no significant difference in the length and detail of compositions between the two groups was accepted.
Conclusions were drawn for the use and distribution of computers in the first grade classroom. Recommendations were given for further studies.
Recommended Citation
Sonsini, Christine, "A study of the effect of desktop publishing in writing instruction versus traditional pencil and paper on the length and detail of students' compositions" (1995). Theses and Dissertations. 2294.
https://rdw.rowan.edu/etd/2294
