Abstract

LAVOIE, Natalie  and  BOUDREAU, Monica. Le crayon et le clavier pour écrire au préscolaire et en premiére année. Invest. Práticas [online]. 2014, vol.4, n.2, pp.47-61. ISSN 2182-1372.

Several studies have investigated the use of the computer as an educational tool to improve the writing skills of students as well as written work and concerns of students when writing with the pen. However, few researchers have compared these two writing modes when entering in the written. We can therefore ask if the orthographic performances and justifications of beginner writers will be the same with pencil and with the keyboard. One can also wonder about the difficulties they face with both writing tools. This paper presents an exploratory study who was conducted with students from kindergarten (5-6 years) and first grade (6-7 years). The children were interviewed individually to perform a writing task with pencil and the same task with the computer keyboard. Then the children were asked about both writing tools. The results show similar performance with both writing tools, but the justifications given by the students come modulate these results, and a preference for the use of the keyboard appears, despite some difficulties

Keywords : writing; pencil; keyboard; spelling; writer beginner.

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