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Peer reviewedBalajthy, Ernest – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 1997
Presents the first year's results of a continuing project to monitor the availability of software of relevance for literacy education purposes. Concludes there is an enormous amount of software available for use by teachers of reading and literacy--whereas drill-and-practice software is the largest category of software available, large numbers of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Electronic Text, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedTenny, John L. – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 1992
Describes how the computer can support the study process of students variously described as "multivariate, nonlinear thinkers,""dyslexic,""learning disabled," and "purple people." Describes features of a Macintosh program called "Inspiration" that enables easy test entry and manipulation in a graphic mode, placing emphasis on the considerable…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Higher Education, Learning Disabilities
Peer reviewedMacArthur, Charles A. – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 1999
Reviews specific ways in which computers can support the basic transcription processes involved in writing, focusing on computer applications that go beyond word processing, including spelling and grammar checkers, speech synthesis, word prediction, and speech recognition. Focuses only on writing mechanics, and clarifies the extent to which…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education
