Spelling Checkers and Students with Learning Disabilities: Performance Comparisons and Impact on Spelling.

MacArthur, Charles A.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ522909

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Publication Date: 1996

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Spelling Checkers and Students with Learning Disabilities: Performance Comparisons and Impact on Spelling.

MacArthur, Charles A.; And Others

Journal of Special Education, v30 n1 p35-57 Spr 1996

Two studies with a total of 82 students (grades 5-7) with learning disabilities found that, unaided, students corrected 9% of their errors; with spelling checkers, they corrected 37% of errors. Spelling checkers failed to identify about 30% of errors. Students usually selected the correct word from spelling checker suggestions. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Computer Software, Error Correction, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Learning Disabilities, Revision (Written Composition), Spelling, Word Processing, Writing Instruction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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