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Comparison of Pen and Keyboard Transcription Modes in Children with and without Learning Disabilities
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Berninger, Virginia W.; Abbott, Robert D.; Augsburger, Amy; Garcia, Noelia – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2009
Fourth graders with learning disabilities in transcription (handwriting and spelling), LD-TD, and without LD-TD (non-LD), were compared on three writing tasks (letters, sentences, and essays), which differed by level of language, when writing by pen and by keyboard. The two groups did not differ significantly in Verbal IQ but did in handwriting,…
Descriptors: Sentences, Spelling, Handwriting, Learning Disabilities
Effects of Self-Instruction and Self-Correction Procedures on Handwriting Performance.
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Kosiewicz, Marianne Myron; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1982
A reversal design with multiple baseline features was used to assess the efficacy of self-instructions, self-correction, and a combination of the two on a nine-year-old learning disabled boy's handwriting performance. (Author)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Handwriting, Learning Disabilities, Study Skills
The Effects of an LD Student's Treatment Choice on Handwriting Performance.
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Kosiewicz, Marianne Myron; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1981
An 11 year old learning disabled boy was taught two different strategies, both of which markedly improved his handwriting performance on a paragraph copying task. Results for the study indicated that allowing the student his choice of strategies produced better performance than did teacher determined choices. (Author)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Education, Handwriting, Learning Disabilities
Process and Product: A Review of the Research on LD Children's Writing Skills.
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Lynch, Ellen M.; Jones, Sheila Dove – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1989
The article reviews the research on composition and transcription writing skills conducted with elementary-aged learning-disabled students and published during the last five years. Conclusions are drawn concerning the influence of: text production method, specific interventions, text structure knowledge, word presentation form, and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Handwriting, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies
Handwriting and Spelling Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities: A Review.
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Graham, Steve – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1999
To minimize the negative impact of handwriting and spelling difficulties of students with learning disabilities, it is proposed that explicit and systematic instruction, as well as incidental or natural learning approaches be used to maximize the development of these two basic writing tools. These approaches are examined. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Handwriting, Learning Disabilities, Spelling
Tutorial Interventions for Writing Disabilities: Comparison of Transcription and Text Generation Processes.
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Brooks, Allison; Vaughan, Katherine; Berninger, Virginia – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1999
Seventeen fourth and fifth graders with severe writing disabilities received a weekly one-hour individual tutorial which focused equally on transcription (handwriting and spelling) and composition skills. Students showed reliable improvement in composition and handwriting automaticity but not in spelling. Suggestions for teaching phonological…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Grade 5, Handwriting, Individualized Instruction