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Tracy, Brenda; Reid, Robert; Graham, Steve – Journal of Educational Research, 2009
In the present study, participants were 127 3rd-grade students, to 64 of whom (33 boys, 31 girls) the authors taught a general strategy and a genre-specific strategy for planning and writing stories; procedures for regulating the use of these strategies, the writing process, and their writing behaviors; and knowledge about the basic purpose and…
Descriptors: Writing Strategies, Metacognition, Grade 3, Self Management
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Glaser, Cornelia; Brunstein, Joachim C. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2007
Extending S. Graham and K. R. Harris's (2003) self-regulated strategy development model, this study examined whether self-regulation procedures would increase the effectiveness of a writing strategies training designed to improve 4th graders' (N = 113) composition skills. Students who were taught composition strategies in conjunction with…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Writing (Composition), Writing Skills, Self Management
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Lane, Kathleen Lynne; Harris, Karen R.; Graham, Steve; Weisenbach, Jessica L.; Brindle, Mary; Morphy, Paul – Journal of Special Education, 2008
The effects of a secondary academic intervention, embedded in the context of a positive behavior support model, on the writing of second-grade students at risk for emotional and behavioral disorder and writing problems were examined in this study. Students were taught how to plan and draft a story using the self-regulated strategy development…
Descriptors: Writing Difficulties, Writing Improvement, Special Education, Behavior Problems
Garcia-Sanchez, Jesus-Nicasio; Fidalgo-Redondo, Raquel – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2006
We examined the differential effects of the social cognitive model of sequential skill acquisition (SCM intervention) and the self-regulated strategy development model (SRSD intervention) for writing. One hundred and twenty-one 5th- and 6th-grade Spanish students with learning disabilities (LD) and/or low achievement (LA) were randomly assigned…
Descriptors: Intervention, Self Efficacy, Learning Disabilities, Low Achievement
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Saddler, Bruce; Moran, Susan; Graham, Steve; Harris, Karen R. – Exceptionality, 2004
In this study, we examined whether early, supplemental strategy instruction in planning helped ameliorate writing difficulties. Second-grade students experiencing difficulty learning to write were taught a strategy for planning and writing stories. Learning to use the strategy had a positive effect on writing, as students' stories became more…
Descriptors: Writing Difficulties, Personal Narratives, Writing Instruction, Writing Strategies
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Saddler, Bruce – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2006
In this replication study, supplemental writing instruction in strategic planning was used to improve the story writing ability of young writers with learning disabilities (LD) and poor writing skills. Six 2nd-grade students with learning disabilities who experienced difficulty with story writing were taught a strategy for planning and writing…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Learning Disabilities, Writing Skills, Teaching Methods