Spelling Checkers and Students with Learning Disabilities: Performance Comparisons and Impact on Spelling
ARTICLE
Charles A. MacArthur
Journal of Special Education Volume 30, Number 1, ISSN 0022-4669
Abstract
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 errors. Students usually selected the correct word from spelling checker suggestions. (Author/DB)
Citation
MacArthur, C.A. (1996). Spelling Checkers and Students with Learning Disabilities: Performance Comparisons and Impact on Spelling. Journal of Special Education, 30(1), 35-57. Retrieved August 14, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/80732/.
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