Technology as a Tutor, Tool, and Agent for Reading.

Higgins, Kyle; Boone, Randy

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ERIC Number: EJ474334

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1993

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Technology as a Tutor, Tool, and Agent for Reading.

Higgins, Kyle; Boone, Randy

Journal of Special Education Technology, v12 n1 p28-37 Spr 1993

This article reviews the use of computer-based technology in teaching reading to students with disabilities. Research from the last 10 years is examined using the metaphors of Tutor, Tool, and Agent as categories of instructional purpose. Most of the substantive data supporting computer use concerns drill and practice and tutorial assisted instructional programs. (DB)

Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Disabilities, Drills (Practice), Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Reading Instruction, Tutorial Programs

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses

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Language: English

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