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Peer reviewedRaskind, Marshall H.; Higgins, Eleanor – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1995
This study investigated effects of speech synthesis on proofreading efficiency among 33 postsecondary students with learning disabilities. Using a speech synthesis system enabled subjects to detect a significantly higher percentage of errors, though having text read aloud by another person remained the most effective way to find…
Descriptors: Artificial Speech, College Students, Computer Uses in Education, Efficiency
Peer reviewedMacArthur, Charles A.; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1991
The study, with 26 junior high learning-disabled students, found that students' predominant conception and application of revision to written work was correction of errors. Fewer than half of all revisions were rated as improvements. The only type of revision that positively affected overall quality was addition of T-units. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Error Correction, Junior High Schools, Knowledge Level, Learning Disabilities
