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Journal of Special Education Technology

1990 Volume 10, Number 4

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Number of articles: 6

  1. "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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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

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