Spelling Checkers: Can They Actually Teach Spelling?.

Garvey, Ian

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ERIC Number: EJ308988

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Publication Date: 1984

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Spelling Checkers: Can They Actually Teach Spelling?

Garvey, Ian

Classroom Computer Learning, v5 n4 p62-65 Nov-Dec 1984

Lists eight spelling checkers for word processing (including program name, word processor and computer compatibility, current cost, and source). Also reviews research findings related to the teaching of spelling and offers reasons why spelling checkers may help in teaching children how to spell well. (JN)

Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Computer Software, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Spelling, Word Processing

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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