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Patricia M. Barbetta – Preventing School Failure, 2024
As students enter middle school, they face increased writing expectations. Middle school teachers expect students to write lengthier compositions across genres that are more technically correct and thoughtfully written than those required in elementary school. Some students will meet the increased expectations, while others will not. Most students…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Inclusion
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Becky Moss; Jane Marshall; Celia Woolf; Katerina Hilari – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: Stroke profoundly affects quality of life (QOL), including loss of employment, reduced social activity, shrinking social networks and low mood. Dysgraphia (impaired writing) is a common symptom of aphasia yet is rarely targeted in rehabilitation. Recent technological advances might challenge this, since much communication is now…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction, Intervention, Assistive Technology
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Armstrong, Alayne; Gutica, Mirela – Exceptionality Education International, 2020
Drawn from an investigation of the emergent technological practices of post-secondary students with mathematics learning disabilities, this case study employs an enactivist framework in considering the bootstrapping processes our participants report engaging in when using personal electronic devices for academic support. Video-recorded,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Learning Disabilities, Mathematics Skills
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Haug, Katrina N.; Klein, Perry D. – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2018
Previous research has shown that speech-to-text (STT) software can support students in producing a given piece of writing. This is the 1st study to investigate the use of STT to teach a writing strategy. We pretested 45 Grade 5 students on argument writing and trained them to use STT. Students participated in 4 lessons on an argument writing…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Computer Software, Writing Strategies, Pretests Posttests
Grey House Publishing, 2020
"The Complete Learning Disabilities Resource Guide" (formerly "The Complete Learning Disabilities Directory") has been a comprehensive and sought-after resource for professionals, families and individuals with learning disabilities since 1992. This twenty-second edition is the most comprehensive and current source of resources…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Student Needs, At Risk Students, Child Health
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Nelson, Lorna M.; Reynolds, Thomas W., Jr. – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2015
This study examined the composing processes of five postsecondary students who used or were learning to use speech recognition software (SR) for college-level writing. The study analyzed their composing processes through observation, interviews, and analysis of written products over a series of composing sessions. This investigation was prompted…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, Community Colleges, Computer Software, Assistive Technology
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Savvidou, Georgia; Loizides, Fernando – Research-publishing.net, 2016
This work presents the assistive use of a combination of technologies in language learning to individuals with high functioning disabilities within a higher education environment. The primary aim of this research is to introduce the initial findings of a pilot exploratory user test which aims to facilitate a better understanding of the suitability…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Second Language Instruction, Educational Technology, Higher Education
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Akpan, Joseph P.; Beard, Lawrence A. – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2013
Despite enormous improvements in AT devices and services in American classrooms, the number of students with special needs, and the complexity of needs that they and their families experience continues to be sky rocketed nationwide. In response to these urgent needs, more advanced and specialized assistive technologies have been developed that…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Special Needs Students, Computers, Technology Integration
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Gould, J. Christine; Staff, Linda K.; Theiss, Heather M. – Educational Leadership, 2012
When Henry was enrolled in a gifted program in 3rd grade, he showed many of the classic signs of giftedness, but his reading and writing skills were below grade level. An evaluation revealed that he was twice-exceptional--he was gifted and he had a learning disability. Believing that both his giftedness and his learning disability warranted…
Descriptors: Gifted Disabled, Learning Disabilities, Grade 3, Individualized Education Programs
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Tanners, Adam; McDougall, Dennis; Skouge, Jim; Narkon, Drue – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
The purpose of this alternating treatment, single-case research study was to compare reading comprehension and time expended reading, of a doctoral student with learning disabilities, under two reading conditions. In condition one, the student used a self-discovered accommodation, that is, listening, on an iPod, to an audiobook version…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Silent Reading, Textbooks, Learning Disabilities
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Berkeley, Sheri; Lindstrom, Jennifer H. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2011
A fundamental problem for many struggling readers, their parents, and their teachers is that there are few benchmarks to guide decision making about assistive technological supports when the nature of a disability is cognitive (e.g., specific learning disability, SLD) rather than physical. However, resources such as the National Center on…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Educational Technology, Assistive Technology, Cognitive Processes
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Skiada, Roxani; Soroniati, Eva; Gardeli, Anna; Zissis, Dimitrios – Themes in Science and Technology Education, 2014
Dyslexia is one of the most common learning difficulties affecting approximately 15 to 20 per cent of the world's population. A large amount of research is currently being conducted in exploring the potential benefits of using Information & Communication Technologies as a learning platform for individuals and especially children with such…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Learning Disabilities, Children, Computer Oriented Programs
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Coleman, Mari Beth; Killdare, Laura K.; Bell, Sherry Mee; Carter, Amanda M. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2014
The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of text-to-speech software on reading fluency and comprehension for four postsecondary students with below average reading fluency and comprehension including three students diagnosed with learning disabilities and concomitant conditions (e.g., attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, seizure…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency, Computer Software, Korean
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Moorman, Amanda; Boon, Richard T.; Keller-Bell, Yolanda; Stagliano, Christina; Jeffs, Tara – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a text-to-speech software program known as "Read Please" on the reading rate and reading comprehension accuracy of two high school students with specific learning disabilities (SLD) in reading. A single-subject A-B-A-B "withdrawal" research design (Alberto & Troutman,…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Learning Disabilities, Computer Software, Reading Rate
Gardner, Teresa J. – Physical Disabilities: Education and Related Services, 2008
The role of technology in education is ever increasing. This article looks at students with disabilities and the problem of writing independently. Speech recognition technology offers an option, or solution, for students who have physical and/or learning disabilities and for students who cannot access and use computer keyboards or switches.…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Computer Software, Computers
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