title: Word processing: its impact on children's writing.
abstract: This paper describes the effects of using a word processor on the creative writing of a small group of children with learning disabilities. Each week the children wrote one word-processed and one handwritten story. The effects of using a word processor seemed to be influenced by the particular problems the children were experiencing with written work. For the children with severe spelling problems, using a word processor seemed to result in fewer spelling errors, while for the children who were still predominantly concerned with the mechanics of the writing task, using a word processor seemed to result in longer stories.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Outhred
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006236:Handwriting; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D015443:Word Processing; D014956:Writing