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Lange, Alissa A.; Mulhern, Gerry; Wylie, Judith – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2009
The present study investigated the effects of using an assistive software homophone tool on the assisted proofreading performance and unassisted basic skills of secondary-level students with reading difficulties. Students aged 13 to 15 years proofread passages for homophonic errors under three conditions: with the homophone tool, with homophones…
Descriptors: Proofreading, Reading Difficulties, Secondary School Students, Computer Software
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McNaughton, David; Hughes, Charles; Clark, Karen – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1997
This study investigated effects of five proofreading conditions on the spelling performance of 12 college students with learning disabilities. Conditions were handwriting with no additional assistance, with a print dictionary, and with a handheld spelling checker; and word processing with no additional assistance and with a spelling checker. All…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Handwriting, Higher Education