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- Basic research may require years of grooming before the practical applications follow out of the results.
- Applied research refers to studies analyzing information for possible classroom use.
- Research must inform teachers' practice if it is to impact students' performance.
- The Product Model places a significant emphasis on the conventions of writing, such as handwriting, spelling, punctuation, grammar, and neatness.
- The Process Model redirects the focus of writing instruction from the written product to the writer as a learner.
- Developmental research in writing focuses on "ages and stages," as well as "benchmarks" and "scope and sequence of skills."
- Computer technology-enhanced writing refers to the pre-Internet applications in writing with computers.
- Recent research topics in the field of writing included multigenerational learning, the collaborative writing process, text entry, dictated stories, keyboarding skills, and using spell checkers.
- The Connectivity Model of writing offers the Internet and Intranet to broaden writing possibilities.
- Connectivity tools include presentation software, graphics/multimedia applications, Internet browsers, and alternative tools such as the PalmPilot and DreamWriter.
- Massive federal initiatives continue to explore the integration of technology in the writing process.
- Process writing instruction combined with any level of technology yields better learning results than product writing.
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