Word Processing for Special Needs Students: Is There Really a Gain?.

Jacobi, Christina

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ERIC Number: EJ336234

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1986

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Word Processing for Special Needs Students: Is There Really a Gain?

Jacobi, Christina

Educational Technology, v26 n4 p36-39 Apr 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, Literature Reviews, Special Education, Student Reaction, Teacher Response, Teacher Role, Word Processing, Writing Instruction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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