Table 1 Students' view of composition possibilities

(E stands for English, S for Science, HC for HyperCard, RT for regular text, and B for both)

		E1	E2	E3	E4	E5	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5
put whole text in	HC				1
too much text with it then no use	HC	1
don't have to write	HC										1
too much text--it starts to get boring	HC	1
can't really do much with the text	HC							1
text is mostly used to describe	HC	1
can look at the picture--then look at the text	HC	1
read the text you understand the picture	HC	1
can make it look like regular text	HC								1
text and more	HC								1
more freedom with the text	HC	1
has everything that regular text has	HC								1
it's just not plain	HC		1
just feed in your information	HC			1
just have text	RT								1
only a chunk with the text	RT	1
text you can just start a new paragraph	RT
plain text	RT	1
use a lot more resources using regular project	RT							2
express yourself	RT	1
emphasize your own expression	RT	1
text is traditional	RT	1
seen it all their lives	RT	1
all you can do is write this down	RT
you just write	RT
write it out	B		1
can both write text	B								1
		E1	E2	E3	E4	E5	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5
more interesting	HC 02	1	1			1					1
more interesting (story)	HC 02		1
more interesting	HC 06		1
interesting	HC 03				1
keeps you interested	HC 09						1
want to get the reader interested	HC 06									1
exciting	HC 06								1
more exciting	HC 02						1
can do things a lot better	HC 09							1
better	HC 02				1
make them look nicer	HC 09						1
lot more fun	HC 02								1
learned more about HyperCard	HC 02										1
presentation better	HC 06	1
I like doing them on the regular texts	RT 06			1
good if you are writing a business letter	RT 09	1
can't do much on the regular text	RT 09								1
not as interesting	RT 06		1
regular projects--boring	RT 06
kind of boring	RT 06			1
boring RT	RT 06								1
learned the same amount	B 02										1
depending on what you're doing	B 06							2