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An Examination of the Role of Computers in Teaching Language and Literature

Bruce, Bertram C.

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Title
An Examination of the Role of Computers in Teaching Language and Literature
Author(s)
Bruce, Bertram C.
Issue Date
1987
Keyword(s)
  • Computers
  • Language
  • Language learning
  • Language and Literacy
  • Literacy
Abstract
Computers and language are intimately connected in four ways: (1) the computer is a tool for representing knowledge through symbols, (2) it is a device for interpreting symbolic structures, (3) it is a communication device, and (4) it is a redefinable tool. This essay considers these four aspects of computers by taking an excursion into a classroom of the year 2010, and then looking back to evidence of precursors in classrooms of the 1980's.
Publisher
National Council of Teachers of English
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/15783
Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)
National Institute of Education under Contract No. 400-81-0030.

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