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ERIC Number: EJ527697
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-2194
Using Technology to Enhance the Writing Processes of Students with Learning Disabilities.
MacArthur, Charles A.
Journal of Learning Disabilities, v29 n4 p344-54 Jul 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, multimedia applications, and networks. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Grammar, Learning Disabilities, Multimedia Materials, Outlining (Discourse), Prewriting, Speech Synthesizers, Spelling, Technological Advancement, Word Processing, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction, Writing Processes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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Note: Special series: Technology.