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Hier, Bridget O.; Eckert, Tanya L.; Datchuk, Shawn M. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2023
This descriptive study examined differences in children's text production as a function of the advanced planning strategies they used. A sample of 117 third-grade children engaged in independent advanced planning and then composed a compare-and-contrast essay both before and after receiving a six-week text production fluency intervention. Analyses…
Descriptors: Planning, Writing Strategies, Writing (Composition), Elementary School Students
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Varier, Divya; Zumbrunn, Sharon; Conklin, Sarah; Marrs, Sarah; Stringer, J. K.; Furman, Jennifer – Educational Studies, 2021
To understand the self-regulatory strategies children used while writing, we asked 780 elementary school students in the United States, "What do you do when you get stuck in your writing?" Using an inductive approach to content analysis, we analysed their responses to an open-ended item on a survey on student motivation for patterns of…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Elementary School Students, Writing Strategies, Self Management
Elizabeth Loftin Michael – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Students with emotional behavioral disorders often exhibit comorbid academic and behavior deficits and benefit from strategies that address those needs. Writing can be significantly difficult for students with EBD due to the complex requirements when completing written activities. Chapter 1 consists of two research to practice papers discussing…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Behavior Disorders, Learning Strategies, Persuasive Discourse
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Collins, Alyson A.; Ciullo, Stephen; Graham, Steve; Sigafoos, Lisa L.; Guerra, Sara; David, Marie; Judd, Laura – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2021
This study examined the effectiveness of Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD) to improve students' ability to write expository essays after reading social studies text. Third-grade general education teachers (N = 14) were randomly assigned by clusters to SRSD or a business as usual control condition. One hundred and eighty consented students…
Descriptors: Expository Writing, Essays, Social Studies, Elementary School Students
Kimberly Wolbers; Hannah Dostal; Steve Graham; Lee Branum-Martin; Leala Holcomb – Exceptional Children, 2022
Strategic and Interactive Writing Instruction (SIWI) involves teaching cognitive writing strategies and apprenticing novices within collaborative writing communities. It is responsive to deaf students' diverse language experiences through embedded metalinguistic/linguistic components. A randomized controlled trial of SIWI was conducted with 15…
Descriptors: Deafness, Students with Disabilities, Grade 3, Grade 4
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Margarida Veiga-Simão, Ana; Oliveira, Sofia; Silva-Moreira, Janete; Itália Temudo, Maria – SAGE Open, 2022
Writing has a leading role in learning and, although elementary-school curricula emphasize the development of this complex skill, many students still struggle with their writing performance. This study aimed to assess the efficacy and social validity of CriaTivo, a curriculum-based intervention developed following a Response to Intervention model…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Elementary School Students, Instructional Effectiveness, Intervention
Kimberly Wolbers; Hannah Dostal; Steve Graham; Lee Branum-Martin; Leala Holcomb – Grantee Submission, 2022
Strategic and Interactive Writing Instruction (SIWI) involves teaching cognitive writing strategies and apprenticing novices within collaborative writing communities. It is responsive to deaf students' diverse language experiences through embedded metalinguistic/linguistic components. A randomized controlled trial of SIWI was conducted with 15…
Descriptors: Deafness, Students with Disabilities, Grade 3, Grade 4
Dostal, Hannah M.; Wolbers, Kimberly A.; Kilpatrick, Jennifer Reneé – Grantee Submission, 2019
Interactive Writing (IW) is a powerful support for language and literacy development; however, its emphasis on using oral language to construct written language can present challenges for deaf/Deaf and hard of hearing (d/Dhh) students due to their unique and diverse language experiences. Teachers (n = 14) using Strategic and Interactive Writing…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Writing Instruction, Students with Disabilities, Deafness
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Kervin, Lisa; Mantei, Jessica – Literacy, 2016
This paper reports on the digital writing practices of a Grade Three primary school student as he used an iPad to plan, produce and share digital texts. The case study acknowledges that writing is undergoing a period of great change in many classrooms and works to show how a student author has interpreted and produced digital texts with new…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Educational Practices, Handheld Devices, Grade 3
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McKeown, Debra; FitzPatrick, Erin; Brown, Megan; Brindle, Mary; Owens, Julie; Hendrick, Robert – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2019
Writing allows access to venues often limited by poverty, disabilities, and geography. Promoting writing skills can create bridges to overcome the isolation that often keeps communities from engaging with one another. However, most of the students in the nation's schools are not capable writers and find the persuasive genres challenging. In this…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Teaching Methods, Intervention, Writing Instruction
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Vega, Luisa Fernanda Sánchez; Pinzón, Margarita María López – Latin American Journal of Content and Language Integrated Learning, 2019
The objective of this action research study was to assess the impact of the Process-Based Approach (PBA) on the development of the writing skills of young students who are learning English as a Foreign Language. The participants included 12 third-grade students from a bilingual private school in Manizales, Caldas. Six workshops were implemented,…
Descriptors: Process Approach (Writing), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Writing Strategies
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DeFauw, Danielle L. – Reading Horizons, 2017
High-quality writing instruction needs to permeate elementary students' in- and outside-of-school experiences. The aim of this research was to explore how teaching writing to parents may support home-school literacy connections. This qualitative case study explored parents' experiences in interactive writing sessions. The descriptive coding and…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Oral Reading, Pictorial Stimuli, Elementary School Students
Hansen, Mark – Rethinking Schools, 2012
In this article, the author shares his experience in teaching persuasive writing to 3rd graders. He began his instruction with a focus on how he could shift the students from rote work on persuasive pieces to actually writing to persuade. For students, careful modeling is the linchpin of any new learning. So, to begin a unit on persuasive writing,…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Grade 3, Persuasive Discourse, Writing Strategies
Wolbers, Kimberly A; Dostal, Hannah M; Graham, Steve; Cihak, David; Kilpatrick, Jennifer R; Saulsburry, Rachel – Grantee Submission, 2015
Strategic and Interactive Writing Instruction (SIWI) has led to improved writing and language outcomes among deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) middle grades students. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of SIWI on the written expression of DHH elementary students across recount/personal narrative, information report, and persuasive…
Descriptors: Writing Achievement, Elementary School Students, Writing Instruction, Deafness
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Asaro-Saddler, Kristie; Bak, Nicole – Topics in Language Disorders, 2012
In this single-subject design study, we examined the effects of an intervention targeting planning and self-regulation strategy use on the persuasive writing of children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Three 8- to 9-year-old children with ASD in third and fourth grades learned a mnemonic-based strategy for planning and…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Writing Instruction, Persuasive Discourse
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