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Writing Interventions for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Meta-Analysis
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Rodgers, Derek B.; Loveall, Susan J. – Remedial and Special Education, 2023
Students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are likely to experience writing challenges that can negatively impact their overall academic, vocational, and social success. The goals of this study were to determine what writing interventions have been used with students with IDD, how their writing skills have been measured, the…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Writing Skills, Intervention
Improving the Paragraph Text-Writing Skills of Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Single-Case Design Study
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Rodgers, Derek B.; Datchuk, Shawn M. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2020
Research suggests that students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) struggle to develop writing skills. Paragraph text writing is a component of written expression and refers to the composition of connected text into multiple, related sentences of appropriate semantics, spelling, syntax, and usage (e.g., capitalization and…
Descriptors: Paragraph Composition, Writing Skills, Writing Improvement, Writing Instruction
Efficacy of a Combined Electronic Essay Writing and Editing Strategy with Postsecondary Students with Developmental Disabilities
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Woods-Groves, Suzanne; Rodgers, Derek B.; Balint-Langel, Kinga; Hinzman-Ferris, Michelle L. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2022
We examined the efficacy of a combined electronic essay writing and editing mnemonic driven strategy with 24 college students in a two-year postsecondary program for students with developmental disabilities. We used a pre-posttest experimental design with random assignment to treatment/control groups. During 26 sessions each consisting of 50 min.,…
Descriptors: College Students, Students with Disabilities, Developmental Disabilities, Essay Tests
Common Characteristics of Writing Interventions for Students with Learning Disabilities: A Synthesis of the Literature
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Kaldenberg, Erica R.; Ganzeveld, Paula; Hosp, John L.; Rodgers, Derek B. – Psychology in the Schools, 2016
Twenty-three single-subject studies aimed at improving the writing achievement of students identified as having a learning disability were analyzed meta-analytically. The effect size phi was used to compare the writing strategies. The dependent measures used to assess the efficacy of the interventions were also coded and reviewed. Results suggest…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Intervention, Writing Achievement, Writing Improvement