Audience Awareness article

In the article I found, the author performed a study on the topic of audience awareness in a technologically enhanced classroom. The class was composed of 4th grade students who each had a computer at their desks and had many other technological resources at their disposal in the classroom. The author claims that the use of technology in writing helps students to establish a better sense of audience awareness because during the presentations of the information they gathered in groups, the audience was allowed to ask questions and seek further clarification of the material presented. This questioning helped the students presenting to focus on what they needed to explain better..

Also, the students were asked to write essays about the topics they researched. When the students were asked to share with a few classmates before they turned in the assignment, their writing improved because they "had more of an awareness of what needed to be clarified"(406).

Link to article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10862960009548086

I found the article on Google Scholar, and used the library website to actually receive the full text. Hopefully, the link above works. I saved the article in PDF format on my computer.