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Peer reviewedOuthred, Lynne – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1989
The study compared stories written on either a word processor or handwritten by 15 children (ages 8-12) with learning disabilities. Use of the word processor resulted in fewer spelling errors for children with severe spelling problems and longer stories for children having problems with the mechanics of the writing task. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Elementary Education, Handwriting, Instructional Effectiveness
Peer reviewedMcNaughton, David; Hughes, Charles; Clark, Karen – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1997
This study investigated effects of five proofreading conditions on the spelling performance of 12 college students with learning disabilities. Conditions were handwriting with no additional assistance, with a print dictionary, and with a handheld spelling checker; and word processing with no additional assistance and with a spelling checker. All…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Handwriting, Higher Education
Peer reviewedMacArthur, Charles A. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1996
This article reviews ways that computers can support writing by students with learning disabilities. It discusses research on word processing, software for transcription and sentence generation, spelling checkers, speech synthesizers, word prediction programs, grammar and style checkers, prompting programs, outlining and semantic mapping software,…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education
