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Vacc, Nancy N. – 1985
Differences between letters of four adolescent mildly mentally handicapped (MMH) students written by hand and those composed on a microcomputer using a word processor were examined in terms of amount of time a subject spent completing a letter, the length of a completed letter, the number of words written per unit of time needed to complete a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Handwriting, Letters (Correspondence)

McKeown, Sally – British Journal of Special Education, 1992
This article offers a British perspective on ways that information technology can help pupils with specific learning difficulties to overcome problems with handwriting, spelling, and structured writing. (DB)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Yau, Maria; And Others – 1990
Fifty-six Toronto (Ontario, Canada) seventh-grade and eighth-grade learning-disabled students whose handwriting was very difficult to read were randomly assigned to either an experimental or comparison group. Experimental group students were loaned a portable computer to use freely at school and at home during the course of the experiment.…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Foreign Countries, Handwriting, Instructional Effectiveness