Xref: utzoo comp.edu:3856 sci.edu:1109 misc.education:1251 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!paul.rutgers.edu!marlowe From: marlowe@paul.rutgers.edu (Thomas Marlowe) Newsgroups: comp.edu,sci.edu,misc.education Subject: Re: Against educational fads (was: math credit) Summary: disabilities and devices Message-ID: Date: 5 Dec 90 21:27:30 GMT References: <15404@cs.utexas.edu> <15425@cs.utexas.edu> Followup-To: comp.edu Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 14 Russell maintains that teaching students to type/use a word processor will not necessarily improve writing skills. Although I agree with him in principle, there is at least one interesting exceptional case: Some individuals (of whom I was one) may have problems in writing (that is, pen-and-ink, or even typewriter), not because of mental disorganization or confusion, but because of perceptual difficulties which make it hard to FORM THE LETTERS, or emotional difficulties which make it hard to commit anything to paper. These individuals can be helped enormously by the availablity of mechanical devices, and can make the difference between quality assignments and no assignments at all. tom marlowe Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com