A classroom-based study on the effects of WCF on accuracy in pen-and-paper versus computer-mediated collaborative writing

This study compared the effects of computer-mediated (CM) versus pen-and-paper (P&P) writing on written accuracy and feedback processing in tasks rewritten collaboratively following a pedagogical treatment two intact authentic classrooms. The involved 32 secondary education low-proficiency English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) learners descriptive texts receiving in-class training identification correction grammatical, lexical, mechanical errors. Participants were provided with unfocused direct error (EC). Error logs used to facilitate noticing teacher corrections (i.e., processing). Dyads required rewrite their for evidence uptake. Results indicate that computer availability Internet contributes increased grammatical lexical accuracy. No differences found between environments regarding or texts.