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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
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Improving Expository Writing Skills with Explicit and Strategy Instructional Methods in Inclusive Middle School Classrooms
Cihak, David F.; Castle, Kristin
International Journal of Special Education, v26 n3 p106-113 2011
Forty eighth grade students with and without learning disabilities in an inclusive classroom participated in an adapted Step-Up to Writing (Auman, 2002) intervention program. The intervention targeted expository essays and composing topic, detail, transitional, and concluding sentences. A repeated-measures ANOVA indicated that both students with and without disabilities made significant improvements in expository writing skills as measured on the state's criterion reference test for written expression. (Contains 3 tables.)
Descriptors: Expository Writing, Sentences, Writing Instruction, Writing Skills, Teaching Methods, Inclusion, Middle School Students, Grade 8, Learning Disabilities, Student Improvement, Statistical Analysis, Instructional Effectiveness
International Journal of Special Education. 2889 Highbury Street, Vancouver, BC V6R 3T7, Canada. Web site: http://www.internationaljournalofspecialeducation.com
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Grade 8; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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