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Lewis, Rena B. – 1998
This final report discusses the outcomes of a 3-year project that studied the effectiveness of word processing tools in improving the literacy skills of students with learning disabilities in grades 4-12. In Year 1 (1994-95), four text entry strategies were compared in 132 students with learning disabilities: keyboarding instruction, alternative…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Computers, Editing, Elementary Secondary Education

Beach, Sara Ann – Young Children, 1996
Discusses current research on how children understand the symbol system and its link to meaning; how they learn to write like authors, including editing and writing for different audiences; how they learn to become literary critics and to discover new worlds in books; and how different classroom contexts can encourage different types of literacy…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Decoding (Reading)
Rhodes, Lynn K.; Dudley-Marling, Curt – 1988
Intended for teachers of learning disabled or remedial learners at all levels, this book presents a holistic perspective on reading and writing instruction, focusing on meaningful, purposeful literacy applications. The book begins with a general discussion of learning disabled and remedial students and then introduces readers to a holistic theory…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Conferences, Diagnostic Teaching, Editing