Spelling and grammar checkers: Are they intrusive?

British Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 721-732

  Figueredo, Lauren ^a   Varnhagen, Connie K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; CURRICULA; EDUCATION; ERROR CORRECTION; STUDENTS; WORD PROCESSING;

CONTENT REVISIONS; DICTIONARY; GRAMMAR CHECKERS; SURFACE ERRORS;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 33745737215     PISSN: 00071013     EISSN: 14678535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2006.00562.x     Document Type: Article

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