Typing speed, spelling accuracy, and the use of word-prediction

Children with spelling difficulties are limited in their participation in all written school activities. We aimed to investigate the influence of word-prediction as a tool on spelling accuracy and typing speed. To this end, we selected 80 Grade 4 - 6 children with spelling difficulties in a school f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Marina Herold, Erna Alant, Juan Bornman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Education Association of South Africa 2008-02-01
Series:South African Journal of Education
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0256-01002008000100008