The Computer Medium in Writing for Discovery

Helen J. Schwartz; Christine Y. Fitzpatrick; Brian A. Huot

Computers and Composition Vol. 11, No. 2 (1994) pp. 137–49

Asks undergraduate students to respond to a series of questions by hand and using a word processor. Finds that some students felt profoundly disadvantaged writing by hand, and students who felt uncomfortable on the computer wrote longer and better...