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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
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Puranik, Cynthia S.; Patchan, Melissa M.; Lemons, Christopher J.; Al Otaiba, Stephanie – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2017
Despite the poor outcomes for U.S. students on national writing tests, overall research on how to teach writing is sparse, and this scarcity is more pronounced in the early years of beginning to write. In this study 81,200 we present preliminary findings from Year 1 of a 3-year Institute of Education Sciences-funded Goal 2 project aimed at…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Feasibility Studies, Kindergarten, Writing Strategies
Puranik, Cynthia S.; Patchan, Melissa M.; Lemons, Christopher J.; Al Otaiba, Stephanie – Grantee Submission, 2017
Despite the poor outcomes for U.S. students on national writing tests, overall research on how to teach writing is sparse, and this scarcity is more pronounced in the early years of beginning to write. In this study 81,200 we present preliminary findings from Year 1 of a 3-year Institute of Education Sciences-funded Goal 2 project aimed at…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Feasibility Studies, Kindergarten, Writing Strategies
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Snyders, Chelsea Sue Bahnson – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2014
With the adoption of the Common Core Standards and a renewed emphasis on critical and higher-order thinking skills, exploring the relationship among writing development, self-efficacy beliefs, perseverance, and effort has become essential. The nature of writing workshop not only lends itself to differentiation among students but also provides…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Young Children, Writing Workshops, Writing Instruction
Lonigan, Christopher J.; Shanahan, Timothy – National Institute for Literacy, 2009
The National Assessment of Educational Progress reveals that 37 percent of U.S. fourth graders fail to achieve basic levels of reading achievement. In 1997, the U.S. Congress asked that a review of research be conducted to determine what could be done to improve reading and writing achievement. The resulting "Report of the National Reading…
Descriptors: Writing Achievement, Reading Achievement, Academic Achievement, National Competency Tests
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Jacobs, Geralyn M. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2004
This study investigated the presence and growth of kindergarten children's metacognition as they engaged in the writing process. The study was conducted in an environment that surrounded children with books, language, and print. Twice a month the teacher/researcher interviewed the children as they finished writing, asking questions designed to…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Writing Processes, Writing Strategies, Metacognition