Journal of Special Education Technology
1990 Volume 10, Number 4
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 6
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"If You Could Just Push a Button": Two Fourth Grade Boys with Learning Disabilities Learn to Use a Computer Spelling Checker
Bridget Dalton
Two fourth grade boys with learning disabilities learned to use the Bank Street Writer III word processing and spelling checker program to edit spelling errors. Both boys learned to manage the... More
pp. 177-91
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Increasing Instructional Efficiency: A Comparison of Voice Plus Text versus Text Alone on the Error Rate of Students with Mild Disabilities during CAI
Gail McGregor
The performance of two students (ages six to seven) with mild disabilities was compared across two instructional conditions (Voice Plus Text versus Text Alone) as the students participated in daily... More
pp. 192-97
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A Prospective Inquiry into Technology Needs and Practices of School-Age Children with Disabilities
Howard P. Parette & Alan VanBiervliet
A survey of the technology needs of 560 Arkansas school-age children with disabilities indicated needs for technology in all identified areas of life functioning, a credit plan to assist in... More
pp. 198-206
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Computerized IEPs: Guidelines for Product Evaluation
David J. Majsterek
This article discusses studies supporting the use of computer-managed Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) and potential deterrents using such software, and summarizes software evaluation... More
pp. 207-19
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Learning Handicapped Students' Interactions during a Microcomputer-Based Group Writing Activity
Merith A. Cosden
Eleven learning-handicapped students (ages 8-13) worked in dyads during a microcomputer-based writing activity, and their behaviors were coded as initiations/responses, verbal/nonverbal. Overall,... More
pp. 220-32
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Effects of an Introductory Computer Course on Special Educators' Attitudes and Evaluations of Instructional Software
Cynthia M. Okolo
This study examined the effect of an introductory class on applications of computer-based technology, completed by nine special education majors. The course did not affect participants' attitudes... More
pp. 233-40