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2020

St. John's University

Technology

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Using Technology To Support The Writing Of Adolescents With Disabilities, Lauren Gibbons Jun 2020

Using Technology To Support The Writing Of Adolescents With Disabilities, Lauren Gibbons

The Reading Professor

Abstract

Adolescent students with disabilities can benefit from technology based interventions for writing instruction, but with so many different tools available, it can be difficult to determine how best to spend classroom time. Students with disabilities struggle with composition knowledge when compared to their typically developing peers (Bouck, Meyer, Satsangi, Savage, & Hunley, 2015; Englert, Zhao, Dunsmore, Collings, & Wolbers, 2007; Evmenova et al., 2016; Smith & Okolo, 2010). This article examines the benefits of using technology to support struggling student writers. The article seeks to connect research supporting technological tools with decisions made by classroom teachers. Four effective practices …