with Lillian Bridwell and Paula Reed Nancarrow, "The Writing Process and the Writing Machine: Current Research on Word Processors Relevant to the Teaching of Composition" in New Directions in Composition Research, eds. R. Beach and L.S. Bridwell (New York: Guilford, 1984), pp. 381-98.

We have yet to see many significant changes in writing instruction result from this dramatic new technological development. If composition classes are to keep pace with the writing habits of their students, instructors must incorporate word processors into their curricula, at least as an option. The chapter reviews developments in computer-aided instruction in invention, drafting, revising, and editing, as well as the use of a keystroke recording algorithm which allows playback of the individual's writing process.

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