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From Illegible to Understandable: How Word Prediction and Speech Synthesis Can Help
Charles A. MacArthur
TEACHING Exceptional Children Vol. 30, No. 6 (1998) pp. 66–71
Uses a case study of a third-grade student with a severe learning disability and an attention deficit disorder to illustrate use of word prediction and speech synthesis software to help students with such tasks as communicating via dialog journals....
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Word Processing with Speech Synthesis and Word Prediction: Effects on the Dialogue Journal Writing of Students with Learning Disabilities
Charles A. MacArthur
Learning Disability Quarterly Vol. 21, No. 2 (1998) pp. 151–66
Five students (ages 9-10) with learning disabilities and severe writing problems wrote in dialog journals using a standard word processor and then using a word processor with speech-synthesis and word prediction features. The special features had a...
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New Tools for Writing: Assistive Technology for Students with Writing Difficulties
Charles A. MacArthur
Topics in Language Disorders Vol. 20, No. 4 (2000) pp. 85–100
This article reviews research on the use of computer technologies to help individuals with mild educational disabilities write more effectively, including word processing and the use of word processing in teaching revision and facilitating...
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Spelling Checkers and Students with Learning Disabilities: Performance Comparisons and Impact on Spelling
Charles A. MacArthur
Journal of Special Education Vol. 30, No. 1 (1996) pp. 35–57
Two studies with a total of 82 students (grades 5-7) with learning disabilities found that, unaided, students corrected 9% of their errors; with spelling checkers, they corrected 37% of errors. Spelling checkers failed to identify about 30% of...
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Mentoring: An Approach to Technology Education for Teachers
Charles A. MacArthur
Journal of Research on Computing in Education Vol. 28, No. 1 (1995) pp. 46–62
Discusses the Computer Mentor Program, a collaborative effort that developed and evaluated a model for staff development that fosters effective use of computers by beginning teachers. Evaluation indicated that both mentors and proteges developed...
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Using Technology to Enhance the Writing Processes of Students with Learning Disabilities
Charles A. MacArthur
Journal of Learning Disabilities Vol. 29, No. 4 (1996) pp. 344–54
This article reviews ways that computers can support writing by students with learning disabilities. It discusses research on word processing, software for transcription and sentence generation, spelling checkers, speech synthesizers, word...
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Reflections on Research on Writing and Technology for Struggling Writers
Charles A. MacArthur
Learning Disabilities Research and Practice Vol. 24, No. 2 (May 2009) pp. 93–103
In this article, I discuss research on the use of technology to support the writing of students with learning disabilities. Struggling writers can benefit from a wide range of computer applications for writing. Word processing, spelling checkers,...
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Learning Disabled Students' Engaged Time and Classroom Interaction: The Impact of Computer Assisted Instruction
Charles A. MacArthur
Journal of Educational Computing Research Vol. 2, No. 2 (1986) pp. 189–98
Naturalistic observation techniques were used with 24 9- to 12-year-old learning disabled students to investigate two sets of variables that might influence achievement differences between computer-assisted instruction and seatwork: engagement rate...
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Overcoming Barriers to Writing: Computer Support for Basic Writing Skills
Charles A. MacArthur
Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties Vol. 15, No. 2 (1999) pp. 169–92
Reviews specific ways in which computers can support the basic transcription processes involved in writing, focusing on computer applications that go beyond word processing, including spelling and grammar checkers, speech synthesis, word prediction, ...
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Word Prediction for Students with Severe Spelling Problems
Charles A. MacArthur
Learning Disability Quarterly Vol. 22, No. 3 (1999) pp. 158–72
Two studies compared handwriting, word processing, and word prediction with speech-synthesis software (PR) with three intermediate-grade students with severe spelling problems. Results suggested that PR software can improve the writing of such...
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Learning Disabled Students' Difficulties in Learning to Use a Word Processor: Implications for Instruction and Software Evaluation
Charles A. MacArthur; Ben Shneiderman
Journal of Learning Disabilities Vol. 19, No. 4 (1986) pp. 248–53
Based on a study of eight LD students learning to use word processing, the paper makes recommendations for evaluating word processing software and designing instruction that is sensitive to students' difficulties. (Author/CL)
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Microcomputer Use in Educational Programs for Mildly Handicapped Students
Charles A. MacArthur; David B. Malouf
Preventing School Failure Vol. 34, No. 2 (1990) pp. 39–44
The study attempts to identify critical issues in the implementation of microcomputers in special education through an indepth description of microcomputer use with mildly handicapped students in one school district. Few teachers had yet developed a ...
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Dictation and Speech Recognition Technology as Test Accommodations
Charles A. MacArthur; Albert R. Cavalier
Exceptional Children Vol. 71, No. 1 (2004)
This study addressed the feasibility and validity of dictation using speech recognition software and dictation to a scribe as accommodations for tests involving extended writing. On the issue of feasibility, high school students with and without...
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Creating a Community of Writers: The Computers and Writing Instruction Project
Shirley S. Schwartz; Charles A. MacArthur
Preventing School Failure Vol. 34, No. 4 (1990) pp. 9–13
This paper provides an overview of the Computers and Writing Instruction Project, a field-tested curriculum for teaching writing to learning-disabled students consisting of a process approach, word processing, and strategy instruction. Its scope and ...
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Teachers' Beliefs, Plans, and Decisions about Computer-Based Instruction
Charles A. MacArthur; David B. Malouf
Journal of Special Education Vol. 25, No. 1 (1991) pp. 44–72
Case studies of four elementary-school special education teachers who used computers were conducted to describe their beliefs and knowledge about computers, their planning and decision-making processes, and patterns of computer use in the classroom. ...
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Student Assistant for Learning from Text (SALT): A Hypermedia Reading Aid
Charles A. MacArthur; Jacqueline B. Haynes
Journal of Learning Disabilities Vol. 28, No. 3 (1995) pp. 150–59
Student Assistant for Learning from Text (SALT) is a software system for developing hypermedia versions of textbooks for students with reading difficulties. Ten students with learning disabilities in grades 9 and 10 read passages from a science...
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Technology Applications for Students with Literacy Problems: A Critical Review
Charles A. MacArthur; Ralph P. Ferretti; Cynthia M. Okolo; Albert R. Cavalier
Elementary School Journal Vol. 101, No. 3 (2001) pp. 273–301
Reviews research published in the past 15 years on the use of technology to teach or support literacy among students with mild disabilities. Addresses research on computer-assisted instruction and synthesized speech feedback to improve phonemic...