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Download full textRegional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, 2020
This guide helps families and caregivers carry out recommended practices described in the What Works Clearinghouse educator's practice guide, "Teaching Elementary School Students to be Effective Writers" (ED533112). It provides three tips for supporting writing skills at home: (1) Help children use the writing process for a variety of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Writing Skills, Family Environment, Evidence Based Practice
Peer reviewedSnyder, Lynne A. – PTA Today, 1987
Word processing software eliminates the physical barrier that young children experience as they struggle to make letters, by hand as well as the psychological barriers some children perceive when they equate their poor handwriting with a lack of writing ability. (MT)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Microcomputers, Word Processing, Writing Improvement
Meyer, Anne; Rose, David – Exceptional Parent, 1987
The article describes the advantages of word processing for children with problems affecting motor coordination and control or with disorders affecting memory, planning, spelling, and organization. Stressed is the importance of software selection, instruction, and computer access. (DB)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Word Processing, Writing (Composition)
Gammon, Gareth H. – B. C. Journal of Special Education, 1989
The paper explores the capabilities and limitations of computerized spelling checkers, and describes "School Speller," which operates with the "Magic Slate II" word processing package. Program features include requiring students to practice spelling by re-typing words unrecognized by the program, and allowing teachers to view the accumulating list…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Elementary Education, Microcomputers, Spelling
Pournelle, Jerry – Popular Computing, 1985
Discusses several ways computers, software, and peripheral equipment may aid in teaching dyslexic children to read, i.e., using voice synthesizers and speech software; employing human readers to translate what's on the screen; utilizing word processing functions; using microcomputers to control tape recorders; and utilizing "creativity…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Creative Development, Databases, Dyslexia
Peer reviewedDemos, Elene S. – Reading Horizons, 1988
Fourth in a series of four articles devoted to parents and reading. Describes how parents can use recent technological advances such as television, VCRs, and computers to enhance their children's reading, writing, and problem-solving skills. (ARH)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Elementary Education, Parent Participation
Churchill Forum, 1987
The two newsletter issues presented in this document contain articles with the following titles and authors: "'My Kids Could Never Do That': Adapting Software for the Learning Disabled Student" by Susan Jo Russell; "Enriching Science and Math Instruction with Technology: The Voyage of the Mimi" (about an integrated set of video, computer, and…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Computer Uses in Education, Dyslexia, Elementary Secondary Education
