scholarly journals Laboratory MicroStar: A data-logging word processor for research on word processing

1989 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 484-486 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles F. Gettys ◽  
Lyndon Berglan
Keyword(s):  
Word Processing ◽  
Word Processor ◽  
Data Logging

Statistical Packages for Personal Computers

1983 ◽  
Vol 16 (02) ◽  
pp. 182-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carl Grafton ◽  
Anne Permaloff
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Word Processing ◽  
Computer Software ◽  
Large Data ◽  
Word Processor ◽  
Personal Computers ◽  
Computer Center ◽  
Price Range ◽  
Personal Computer Software ◽  
Computer Word

An impressive number of reasonably priced personal computer software packages of interest to political scientists are now on the market. Owners of computers such as the TRS-80 Model III and the Apple II can purchase software for word processing and statistical analysis which can substantially increase their productivity. Scholars trying to meet publication deadlines need no longer be delayed by harried secretaries trying single-handedly to meet the needs of an entire department. A computer/word processor used by a typist of average ability is nearly the equal of a good professional secretary. And those with even fairly large statistical analysis requirements may no longer be tied to the university's hectic “computer center” where they must wait in line for terminals, try to think amid constant movement and never-ending conversation, or suffer errors produced by noise injected between their terminal and the main frame along telephone lines.This is an analysis of statistical packages sold by four companies for use on a variety of low, moderate, and high priced personal computers. Our focus on these packages reflects our statistical needs for research and teaching. We were looking for programs capable of handling relatively large data bases and with the capacity to perform multiple regression and time series analyses. We needed a program that could be used to analyze data generated from small survey samples. This required both frequency distribution and contingency table development and analysis. Finally, we needed a program or programs in an affordable price range.

The Word Processor as an Instructional Tool: A Meta-Analysis of Word Processing in Writing Instruction

1993 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert L. Bangert-Drowns
Keyword(s):  
Writing Instruction ◽  
Word Processing ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Word Processor ◽  
Instructional Tool ◽  
Writing Assignments ◽  
Educational Benefits ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Metacognitive Prompts ◽  
Attitudes Toward Writing

Word processing in writing instruction may provide lasting educational benefits to users because it encourages a fluid conceptualization of text and frees the writer from mechanical concerns. This meta-analysis reviews 32 studies that compared two groups of students receiving identical writing instruction but allowed only one group to use word processing for writing assignments. Word processing groups, especially weaker writers, improved the quality of their writing. Word processing students wrote longer documents but did not have more positive attitudes toward writing. More effective uses of word processing as an instructional tool might include adapting instruction to software strengths and adding metacognitive prompts to the writing program.

Word Processing with Speech Synthesis and Word Prediction: Effects on the Dialogue Journal Writing of Students with Learning Disabilities

1998 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles A. MacArthur
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Word Processing ◽  
Speech Synthesis ◽  
Word Processor ◽  
Students With Learning Disabilities ◽  
Word Prediction ◽  
Dialogue Journals ◽  
Dialogue Journal ◽  
Writing Problems ◽  
Journal Entries

Five students, ages 9 and 10, with learning disabilities and severe writing problems wrote in dialogue journals to their teacher. They used a standard word processor during baseline phases and a word processor with speech synthesis and word prediction features during treatment phases. The special features had a strong effect on the legibility and spelling of written dialogue journal entries for four of the five students. During baseline, the writing of these four students ranged from 55% to 85% legible words and 42% to 75% correctly spelled words. All four increased their percentage of both legible and correctly spelled words into the 90–100% range.

How Initial Plans Mediate the Expansion and Resolution of Options in Writing

1996 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 616-638 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul S. Rau ◽  
Marc M. Sebrechts
Keyword(s):  
Word Processing ◽  
Writing Process ◽  
Cognitive Model ◽  
Word Processor ◽  
The Other ◽  
Verbal Protocols ◽  
Text Content ◽  
Content Generation

Effects of a period of planning prior to writing (“pre-writing”) and of the writing medium on the content and quality of writing were examined in two between-subjects experiments. In Experiment 1, subjects wrote short narratives either immediately after instruction or following a 5-minute pre-writing period; half of each group used pen and paper; the other half used a word processor. Both pre-writing and word processing resulted in more changes to text content, resulting in compositions that were judged as more sophisticated and creative. Experiment 2 demonstrated that pre-writing using a written outline decreases content revisions compared to non-written pre-writing. Verbal protocols indicated that non-written pre-writing was focused on content generation, whereas outlines were associated with more conceptual planning. To account for these data we propose several additions to the Hayes and Flower (1980) cognitive model of the writing process. Both pre-writing and word processing are viewed as expanding the alternatives to be considered, i.e. “option expansion”. During writing the options are resolved during pauses and through changes to text content, i.e. “option resolution”.

Software Reviews : Political Campaign Software for Micros Reviewed by J. Theodore Anagnoson, California State University, Los Angeles Publisher: Below, Tobe and Associates, Inc., Culver City (Los Angeles), CA and Falls Church, VA Year of Publication: Latest version is 1986 (Version reviewed is 1984) Materials: Program disk, data disk (requires dBASE II, III or III+ to run). Price: $1,000.00 Machine Specificity: IBM PC and compatibles. a CP/M version is available (ask publisher for details) System Requirements: Requires 192K RAM (dBASE II and dBASE III versions) or 384K (dBASE III+ version) and two double sided drives, a parallel printer port, printer (dBASE II version will not start up without printer turned on), modem (optional). Ms- or PC-DOS 1.1 or higher, dBASE II, v. 2.4 or dBASE III or III+ required. WORDSTARlMAIL- MERGE or a word processing program with a mail merge function required to print form letters. Files larger than 500 to 1,000 cases are much more effectively handled with a hard disk, larger system memory and a printer-spooler. Will run on a local area network with dBASE III+ if one is available. Operator Requirements: Requires a person who is familiar with MS- or PC-DOS and microcomputers generally. Below-Tobe state that the best operator is a person "who wants to get a particular job done and is incidentally using a computer to do it." Some knowledge of your word processor and its mail merge function is required to produce form letters. Effectiveness: Excellent User-Friendliness: Good Documentation: Good to excellent

1986 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 520-522
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Word Processing ◽  
Local Area Network ◽  
Local Area ◽  
Word Processor ◽  
Area Network ◽  
State University ◽  
User Friendliness ◽  
Word Processing Program ◽  
Data Disk

scholarly journals Pelatihan Pemantapan Pengolah Kata dan Angka Untuk Pembuatan Laporan Kepada Pegawai Pemerintahan

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-188
Author(s):  
Hommy Dorthy Ellyany Sinaga ◽  
Afdhal Syafnur ◽  
Novica Irawati
Keyword(s):  
Word Processing ◽  
Word Processor ◽  
Basic Knowledge ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
Government Employees ◽  
Financial Report ◽  
Training Materials ◽  
Performance Report ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Given

Abstract: Training on word processor and spreadsheet is needed for government employees at UPT Pengelolaan Irigasi Asahan Danau Toba in making reports such as annual report, financial report, performance report, and etc. The government employees have had the basic knowledge of using word processor and spreadsheet, but there are still many advanced fiture that never used before to fastened the process of reporting making.   The lecturer team of Sekolah Tinggi Manajemen Informatika dan Komputer Royal is making a community service in UPT Pengelolaan Irigasi Asahan Danau Toba in February 2021. Training method is a practical training to allow the participants implement the given knowledge. The training is running well and get the positive result from the participants and the head of UPT Pengelolaan Irigasi Asahan Danau Toba. The training result is shown by enhancement of the ability in understanding and practising the training materials of word processing and spreadsheet for making reporting during the session.           Keywords: government employee, reporting; spreadsheet; word processor Abstrak: Pelatihan pemantapan pengolah kata dan angka sangat dibutuhkan oleh pegawai pemerintahan khususnya di UPT Pengelolaan Irigasi Asahan Danau Toba dalam pembuatan laporan seperti laporan tahunan, laporan keuangan, laporan kinerja dan lain-lain. Para pegawai sudah memiliki pengetahuan dasar tentang pengolah kata dan angka, tetapi masih banyak fitur pada perangkat lunak yang belum diketahui dan dipergunakan untuk dapat mempermudah dan mempercepat pembuatan laporan di instansi terkait. Oleh karena itu, tim Dosen Sekolah Tinggi Manajemen Informatika dan Komputer Royal melakukan kegiatan pengabdian kepada mas-yarakat dengan memberikan pelatihan kepada para pegawai di UPT Pengelolaan Irigasi Asahan  Danau Toba pada Februari 2021. Metode pelatihan diberikan dalam bentuk practical training sehingga para peserta dapat langsung menerapkan pengetahuan yang diperoleh. Pelaksanaan pelatihan berjalan dengan baik dan mendapat respon yang positif dari para peserta dan pimpinan UPT Pengelolaan Irigasi Asahan Danau Toba. Hasil kegiatan pelatihan dapat dilihat dari      peningkatan kemampuan peserta dalam memahami dan mempraktekkan secara langsung materi pengolahan kata dan angka untuk pembuatan laporan yang disampaikan selama pelatihan.Kata kunci: laporan; pengolah angka; pengolah kata

Keyboarding Instruction: A Comparison of Five Approaches

1989 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 445-458 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia McClurg ◽  
Lydia Kercher
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Word Processing ◽  
Approaches To Learning ◽  
Experimental Treatment ◽  
Word Processor ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Powerful Predictor ◽  
Treatment Conditions ◽  
Fourth Grade Students ◽  
Processing Group

This experimental study investigated whether third- and fourth-grade students participating in five representative approaches to learning keyboarding would differ in keyboarding competency. Three computer tutorials, a video-word processor combination, and a book-word processor combination constituted the five treatments. Significant F values were detected for the covariate set and the experimental treatment in the multiple regression analyses. The dexterity measure was the most powerful predictor for keyboarding competency. The textbook word processing group scored significantly higher than two of the computer tutorials. No other significant differences were detected among treatment conditions. No significant effects for age or sex were detected. An attitude measure revealed generally positive reactions but pinpointed dislike for pacing in the video treatment and mandatory accuracy levels in computer tutorials. Results of this study suggest several options available to educators.

Voice-Feedback as a Scaffold for Writing: A Comparative Study

1987 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 335-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Lehrer ◽  
Barbara B. Levin ◽  
Paula Dehart ◽  
Michelle Comeaux
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Writing Instruction ◽  
Word Processing ◽  
Word Processor ◽  
Kindergarten Children ◽  
Metacognitive Awareness ◽  
Paper And Pencil ◽  
Preschool Literacy ◽  
Based Instruction

Fifteen preschool and kindergarten children were assigned randomly to one of three conditions of writing instruction: paper and pencil, word processor, and word processor with voice-aided feedback. All children received identical, language-based instruction in writing from each of three instructors for twelve weeks, twice each week. Instructors were rotated among conditions, so each instructor taught each group for four weeks. Results suggested that voice-aided word processing acted as a scaffold for young children's composition by promoting the acquisition of several components of preschool literacy including symbol-sound and sound-symbol associations, and metacognitive awareness of the purposes and processes of writing.

A role for “air writing” in second-language learners’ acquisition of Japanese in the age of the word processor

2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Word Processing ◽  
Second Language Learners ◽  
Word Processor ◽  
Cultural Shift

AbstractThis article addresses the pedagogical implications of kūsho ( ; literally “air writing”), that is, the spontaneous manual tracing of Sino-Japanese characters (kanji) in the air with a bare fingertip, by learners of Japanese. I describe the phenomenon of kūsho, then review research indicating that it is common (if under-recognized) during kanji learning and recall and, moreover, is associated with a small but statistically significant advantage over conventional paper-andpencil copying as a technique for memorizing the shapes of kanji. I propose that teachers of Japanese explicitly sanction kūsho and encourage students to selfconsciously incorporate it into their repertoire of techniques for memorizing or recalling kanji. The issue is particularly salient in the context of the ongoing cultural shift away from writing by hand to computerized word processing, which in this generation is reshaping the psycholinguistics of literacy in Japanese. Practice of kūsho may secure a kinesthetic basis for facility with kanji among learners for whom keyboard-based typing is rapidly displacing manual writing.

Teaching Young Children Programming and Word Processing Skills: The Effects of Three Preparatory Conditions

1987 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 435-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evelyn B. Block ◽  
Debra L. Simpson ◽  
D. Kim Reid
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Word Processing ◽  
Word Processor ◽  
Computer Assisted Instruction ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Assisted Instruction

Ninety-two students from kindergarten, first, and second grades participated in the study. Students were randomly assigned to one of three preparatory groups: Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI), Keyboard Instruction (KEY), and Robot Instruction (ROB). Students were regrouped for instruction in LOGO and word processing, which continued until children met ending criteria. New LOGO and writing tasks were presented and the students' performances compared across preparatory conditions. Results indicated that students in the KEY groups obtained the highest scores on the LOGO and writing tasks, followed closely by students in the ROB groups. Students in the CAI groups showed no significant gains in their ability to program in LOGO or to write using a word processor.

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