Moulthrop and Kaplan's Critique of Halio

The links below lead to excerpts taken from "Seeing through the Interface: Computers and the Future of Composition" by Nancy Kaplan and Stuart Moulthrop. The passages question the findings published by Marcia Peoples Halio in her article "Student Writing: Can the Machine Maim the Message?"

Among other things,

• Moulthrop and Kaplan question the test populations of Halio's study.
  
• They also take issue with the statistical validity of Halio's findings.
  
• Kaplan and Moulthrop also discuss the failure of Halio to provide an explantory narrative for her findings.
  
• Finally, they critique Halio's failure to discuss the cultural context of the study.

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