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Van Der Steen, Steffie; Samuelson, Dianne; Thomson, Jennifer M. – Written Communication, 2017
This study addresses the current debate about the beneficial effects of text processing software on students with different working memory (WM) during the process of academic writing, especially with regard to the ability to display higher-level conceptual thinking. A total of 54 graduate students (15 male, 39 female) wrote one essay by hand and…
Descriptors: Word Processing, Keyboarding (Data Entry), Writing (Composition), Educational Benefits
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Rodríguez, Celestino; Grünke, Matthias; González-Castro, Paloma; García, Trinidad; Álvarez-García, David – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2015
This comparative study investigated the productivity and the process of written composition in students with and without disabilities between 8 and 16 years of age. Participants were assigned to four groups as follows: (a) 59 with both attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorders (ADHD) and writing learning disabilities (WLD), (b) 40 with ADHD, (c)…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Learning Disabilities, Writing (Composition), Differences
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Zhang, Yuehua; And Others – Journal of Research on Computing in Education, 1995
Discussion of the writing process of elementary students with learning disabilities focuses on studies of a HyperCard stack that was developed to help beginning writers and their teachers. Texts created with the hypermedia are compared with texts created using paper and pencil and word processing. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students