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ERIC Number: EJ415360
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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ISSN: ISSN-1046-3364
Learning Disabled Writers and Word Processing: Performance and Attitude Gains.
Collins, Terence; And Others
Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, v4 n1 p13-20 Fall 1987
Describes a study of changes in attitudes and writing performance of learning-disabled (LD) college students resulting from a mainstream writing class employing a workshop format and microcomputer word processors. The LD students' performance level was consistent with the non-LD students in the class, and their writing attitudes improved. (DMM)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Basic Writing, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Higher Education, Learning Disabilities, Mainstreaming, School Holding Power, Word Processing, Writing Difficulties, Writing Improvement
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Note: Available from New York College Learning Skills Association, Developmental Studies Division, Community College of the Finger Lakes, Canadaigua, NY 14424 ($20.00 per volume).