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ERIC Number: EJ766323
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-May
Pages: 14
Abstractor: Author
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
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Improving Fourth-Grade Students' Composition Skills: Effects of Strategy Instruction and Self-Regulation Procedures
Glaser, Cornelia; Brunstein, Joachim C.
Journal of Educational Psychology, v99 n2 p297-310 May 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 self-regulation procedures were compared with (a) students who were taught the same strategies but received no instruction in self-regulation and (b) students who received didactic lessons in composition. Both at posttest and at maintenance (5 weeks after the instruction), strategy plus self-regulation students wrote more complete and qualitatively better stories than students in the 2 comparison conditions. They also displayed superior performance at a transfer task requiring students to recall essential parts of an orally presented story.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 4
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Language: English
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What Works Clearinghouse Reviewed: Meets Evidence Standards without Reservations
IES Cited: ED533112