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Peer reviewedCobb, Jeanne B. – Preventing School Failure, 1995
This article discusses different types of literacy software and provides an annotated list of recommended software packages. Guidelines for previewing and selecting software are given, and short reviews of 17 programs are included along with contact information for their publishers, suggested age and ability levels, and details of hardware…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Software Reviews
Peer reviewedWepner, Shelley B. – Journal of Reading, Writing, and Learning Disabilities International, 1989
Presented is an approach to using computers to meet the psychological, intellectual, and procedural needs of students with reading disabilities. A rationale is put forward for using "whole language" software packages to address these needs while facilitating reading and writing development; several software programs are described.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Difficulties
Download full textRhein, Deborah; Alibrandi, Mary; Lyons, Mary; Sammons, Janice; Doyle, Luther – 2000
This bibliography, developed by Project RIMES (Reading Instructional Methods of Efficacy with Students) lists 80 software packages for teaching early reading and spelling to students at risk for reading and spelling failure. The software packages are presented alphabetically by title. Entries usually include a grade level indicator, a brief…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Educational Media
Majsterek, David – 1984
This document describes the WORDS software, a computer program designed to evaluate a reading disabled student's sight word vocabulary using an Apple II microcomputer. A brief discussion of various methods of addressing reading difficulties precedes a detailed description of the WORDS program and its use. This description covers: (1) the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Software, Learning Disabilities, Microcomputers
Peer reviewedRoberts, Judy M. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 1991
Suggestions for incorporating the computer into remedial reading programs are offered, focusing on student motivation, criteria for selecting good computer programs, and methods for involving students in nonthreatening ways. Thirteen software programs are recommended. (DB)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Selection, Courseware
Peer reviewedSchetz, Katherine F.; Dettmar, Elizabeth – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2000
This article describes Technology Option for At-Risk Readers (TOARR), a program that uses technology to help students with reading difficulties. The program uses specialized reading software plus a host of motivating reading activities to encourage reading. Steps in developing the TOARR needs assessment and implementing the program are discussed.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Education
Direct linkMcKenna, Michael C., Ed.; Labbo, Linda D., Ed.; Kieffer, Ronald D., Ed.; Reinking, David, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2006
This "Handbook" provides a comprehensive and international representation of state-of-the art research, theory, and practice related to principal areas in which significant developments are occurring in the study of literacy and technology. It offers a glimpse of the commonalities faced by literacy educators around the world, together…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Computer Software, Internet, Teacher Education
