Strategy Instruction in Planning: Effects on the Writing Performance and Behavior of Students with Learning Difficulties.

De La Paz, Susan; Graham, Steve

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Publication Date: 1997

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Strategy Instruction in Planning: Effects on the Writing Performance and Behavior of Students with Learning Difficulties.

De La Paz, Susan; Graham, Steve

Exceptional Children, v63 n2 p167-81 Win 1997

A study of three fifth-grade students with learning disabilities examined the effectiveness of a strategy deigned to help them become more reflective when writing opinion essays. Following the instruction, students wrote essays that were longer, provided more support for their premise, and were qualitatively better. (Author/CR)

Descriptors: Essays, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies, Opinions, Writing (Composition), Writing Improvement, Writing Instruction, Writing Strategies

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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