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Peer reviewedLeong, Che Kan – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1995
This study investigated the role of online reading and simultaneous DECtalk (a text-to-speech computer system) auding in helping 192 above-average and below-average readers comprehend expository prose. Results showed significant differences among grades, reading levels, and modes of responses to the reading passages, but not for the experimental…
Descriptors: Artificial Speech, Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Education, Expository Writing
Peer reviewedLundberg, Ingvar – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1995
A strategy for using computers in remediating dyslexia is illustrated, drawing on the relationship between phonological skills and word recognition. Dyslexic students (n=83) who underwent computer training with speech feedback gained more in reading and spelling performance than did students in conventional special education settings (n=59).…
Descriptors: Artificial Speech, Computer Assisted Instruction, Dyslexia, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedLarsen, Steen – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1995
Questions of "quality" in the use of technology with children with learning disabilities are discussed, focusing on the need for basic pedagogical considerations; the impact of the computer on the learning process relative to factors of learner control, motivation, feedback type, graphics, and screen design; and use of computerized speech feedback…
Descriptors: Artificial Speech, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Practices, Educational Quality
