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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
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; Wolbers, Kimberly; Weir, Joan – Grantee Submission, 2021
Thirty-seven deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) students in grades four through six participated in a year of Strategic and Interactive Writing Instruction, an approach to writing instruction designed to be responsive to DHH students' unique language experiences and profiles. The current study investigated the transfer of writing skills between genres…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Students with Disabilities, Writing Skills
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
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