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The Effects of Self-Regulated Strategy Development on the Writing Performance of Second-Grade Students with Behavioral and Writing Difficulties
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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
Responding to the Message: Providing a Social Context for Children Learning to Write.
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Jerram, Helen; And Others – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 1988
Reports on a study which viewed writing instruction as an interactive social process between the teacher and students. Written responses to student writing assignments assessed content rather than accuracy of spelling or grammar. States that written feedback encouraged greater quantity and quality of writing with spelling accuracy being maintained…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Grade 5
Incorporating Strategy Instruction within the Writing Process in the Regular Classroom: Effects on the Writing of Students with and without Learning Disabilities.
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Danoff, Barbara; And Others – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1993
Examines the effectiveness of imbedding strategy instruction in the context of a process approach to writing. Finds that the strategy instructional procedures had a positive effect on the fourth- and fifth-grade students' writing, for both students with and without a learning disability. Shows that, overall, improvements in story quality were…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Grade 5, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades
The Effects of Listening to and Discussing Different Qualities of Children's Literature on the Narrative Writing of Fifth Graders.
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Dressel, Janice Hartwick – Research in the Teaching of English, 1990
Studies the effects of listening to and discussing different qualities of children's literature on fifth grade students' writing. Finds that stories written by children who heard and discussed higher quality literature were rated significantly differently on traits related to literary quality and genre development than those written by children…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Discussion Groups, Grade 5
Explicit Story Structure Instruction and the Narrative Writing of Fourth- and Fifth-Grade Below-Average Readers.
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Gambrell, Linda B.; Chasen, Steven P. – Reading Research and Instruction, 1991
Investigates the effects of explicit story structure instruction on below-average fourth and fifth grade readers' narrative writing performance. Finds that explicit story structure instruction positively influenced the narrative writing performance in terms of both quality and quantity of their writing. (MG)
Descriptors: Grade 4, Grade 5, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades