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Jacobi, Christina – Educational Technology, 1986
Describes a research study on the effects of word processing use in teaching writing to four fifth-grade boys in a special education program, and reviews other studies on word processing use with learning disabled students. It was concluded that word processing offers great promise to the special needs student. (MBR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Instructional Improvement, Learning Disabilities
Norton, Priscilla; Heiman, Brenda – Educational Technology, 1988
Describes study that examined the effects of computer use in the literacy program for communication disordered elementary school students, and determined which literacy effects could be attributed to problem-solving software and which to word processing software. Treatments for the experimental and control groups are described, and results are…
Descriptors: Analysis of Covariance, Communication Disorders, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy