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Peer reviewedEllsworth, Nancy J.; Hedley, Carolyn N. – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 1993
Suggests that, in reviewing software, educators should apply the following criteria within the context of their objectives and the students' needs: content; instructional presentation; demands placed on the learner; technical features; and documentation and management features. Concludes that integration of computer software with traditional means…
Descriptors: Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Software Selection, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedEllsworth, Nancy J.; Hedley, Carolyn N. – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 1992
Reviews computer networks and online services designed especially for teachers, as well as networks broadly targeted for business, home, and education. Presents a resources directory of networks to assist persons with disabilities. (SR)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedHedley, Carolyn N. – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 1992
Offers principles for purchasing a new personal computer, and discusses matching principles with needs. (SR)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer System Design, Computers, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedHedley, Carolyn N.; Ellsworth, Nancy J. – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 1993
Suggests that critical thinking and higher level thinking, involving such abilities as analysis, reasoning, decision making, problem solving, and evaluation, occur as a function of reanalyzing and restructuring information. Presents software for students and teachers to handle such knowledge restructuring, particularly as it is presented in…
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computer Software, Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedTenny, John L. – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 1992
Describes how the computer can support the study process of students variously described as "multivariate, nonlinear thinkers,""dyslexic,""learning disabled," and "purple people." Describes features of a Macintosh program called "Inspiration" that enables easy test entry and manipulation in a graphic mode, placing emphasis on the considerable…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Higher Education, Learning Disabilities
