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formerly Journal of Research on Computing in Education Technology and the Writing Skills of Students with Learning Disabilities Yuehua Zhang Abstract A year-long study was conducted involving 5 fifth-grade students with learning disabilities with written language deficits from a parochial elementary school in the midwestern United States using a specially designed computer program as a writing tool to assist them in a week-by-week writing curriculum. The study showed positive effects on the participating students’ writing behaviors and their written products. Web Resource ROBO-Writer was originally developed in HyperCard (1993–1998), an application for the management of small amounts of text, graphics, and sound. It was tested during the development in a special education classroom and is now available on the World Wide Web (http://dwb.unl.edu/Software/ROBO-W/ROBO-W.html) as a stand-alone application for Macintosh computers. Contributor Yuehua Zhang completed her graduate work at the Center for Curriculum and Instruction, University of Nebraska at Lincoln. With 20 years of teaching experience, ranging from seventh grade to college graduate level, Dr. Zhang’s major interest focuses on instructional technology. She is currently an assistant professor in the Education Department at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas. She previously served four years as a faculty member at Concordia University in Seward, Nebraska. Address: Dr. Yuehua Zhang, Washburn University, Education Department, 1700 SW College Ave., Topeka, KS 66621; zzyzhang@washburn.edu. A PDF file of the full article is available. Contact:jrte@iste.org. Please specifiy Volume and Issue number. Copyright © 2000, ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education). All rights reserved. | |||
