Efficiency with which disabled and nondisabled students locate words in cue windows: Study of three organizational strategies - Frequency of word use, word length, and alphabetic order

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 117-124

  Lanspa, Amy ^a   Wood, Lisa A ^b   Beukelman, David R ^b,c  

^a Educational Service Unit 7   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning disability; Literacy; Word prediction; Word prompt

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; LEARNING AIDS FOR HANDICAPPED PERSONS;

AGE APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE;

SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0031165634     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07434619712331277918     Document Type: Article

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