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Contrasts: Traditional and Computer-Supported Writing Classrooms

This Web presents a discussion of the Transitions Study, a year-long exploration of teachers and students in computer-supported and traditional writing classrooms. This study is discussed in detail in Transitions: Teaching Writing in Computer-Supported and Traditional Classrooms, by Mike Palmquist, Kate Kiefer, Jake Hartvigsen, and Barb Godlew (forthcoming from Ablex in spring 1998).

Click on the list below to read more about the study:

• Description of the Study
• Rationale for Conducting the Study
• Results of the Study
• Implications of the Study
• Authors of the Study