- Encourage students to start early so they will have time
to complete several drafts of their paper.
- Encourage students to work on their papers each day.
- Encourage students to use a computer for all writing assignments.
- Suggest that students double or triple space their drafts so they
will have plenty of room to write between the line to revise ideas.
- If students have trouble coming up with ideas, suggest brainstorming
activities.
- If students are having trouble organizing ideas, suggest using not
cards. Students can put one idea on each note card. These note cards
can then be organized numerous ways to help students find organizational
patterns to their ideas. Students can physically see the relationship
between their ideas.
- Encourage students with visual processing deficits to dictate rough
drafts into a tape recorder. To revise, students can start and stop
the tape, typing what they hear.
- Encourage students to read their drafts aloud to others, noticing
where they stumble over words or phrases. Listeners can also give
feedback regarding the coherency or flow of the ideas.
- Encourage student to let someone else read their drafts aloud so
the student can hear the sound of his or her own words. These techniques
encourage students with visual processing problems to use their ears
to help them proofread and edit their writing.
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