The Effect of Keyboard-Based Word Processing on Students With Different Working Memory Capacity During the Process of Academic Writing.
This study addresses the current debate about the beneficial effects of text processing software on students with different working memory (WM) during the process of academic writing, especially with regard to the ability to display higher-level conceptual thinking. A total of 54 graduate students (...
| Published in: | Written Communication Vol. 34; no. 3; pp. 280 - 306 |
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