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Peer reviewedGraham, Steve; Freeman, Sally – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1986
The study examined 40 learning disabled fourth graders' spelling performance in response to strategy training and variations in study conditions. Students who were taught the five-step study strategy recalled correct spelling of more words than controls. However, spelling performance of students who received strategy training was not…
Descriptors: Intermediate Grades, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies, Spelling Instruction
Peer reviewedGraham, Steve; Harris, Karen R. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1987
Teaching appropriate composition strategies and self-management routines to inefficient learners can improve their writing. The composition-strategy training intervention program requires (1) task and learner analysis; (2) selection, introduction, acquisition, and evaluation of selected preskills, composition strategies, and metacognitive…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies, Metacognition
Peer reviewedGraham, Steve; And Others – Focus on Exceptional Children, 1987
Methods for teaching learning disabled students task specific and metacognitive strategies to use when writing include self-instructional strategy training, task and learner analysis, training evaluation, development of vocabulary diversity, content generation and planning, and revision training. Seven steps for teaching creative writing are…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies
Peer reviewedDe La Paz, Susan; Graham, Steve – Exceptional Children, 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
Peer reviewedHarris, Karen R.; Graham, Steve – Remedial and Special Education (RASE), 1993
This response to Gersten and Dimino (EC 606 357) uses a case study to illustrate how a special education teacher integrated strategy instruction into a fifth-grade classroom where a whole-language approach to writing was already in place. Instruction in story grammar is presented as a seven-stage process. (DB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Intermediate Grades, Learning Disabilities
Graham, Steve; Voth, Victoria Page – Academic Therapy, 1990
Curriculum modifications are presented, along with empirical support when available, for teaching spelling vocabulary to students with learning disabilities. The article discusses selecting words to be learned, daily testing and practice of small word sets, strategy training, self-regulation, motivation, students helping each other, and frequent…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Curriculum Development, Drills (Practice), Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedGraham, Steve; Harris, Karen R. – Exceptional Children, 1989
The study with three sixth-grade learning-disabled students found that a self-instructional strategy to facilitate the generation, framing, and planning of argumentative essays had a positive effect on the students' writing performance and self-efficacy. Effects were maintained over time and transferred to a new setting and new writing genre.…
Descriptors: Essays, Generalization, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedGraham, Steve; MacArthur, Charles – Journal of Special Education, 1988
Three learning-disabled students, aged 10-11, received self-instructional strategy training for improving revision skills for essays they composed on a word processor. Strategy instruction positively impacted on students' revising behavior and the length and quality of their written products. Effects were maintained over time and generalized to…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Essays, Generalization, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedGraham, Steve; Harris, Karen R. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1989
The viability of self-instructional strategy training was investigated in a study involving 22 learning disabled and 11 normal fifth and sixth graders. Training produced meaningful and lasting effects on composition skills and heightened the sense of self-efficacy of subjects. (TJH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Componential Analysis, Elementary School Students, Grade 5
Peer reviewedGraham, Steve; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1992
Four fifth grade students with learning disabilities were taught a strategy to facilitate setting product and process goals, generating and organizing notes, continued planning during writing, and evaluating goal attainment. Strategy instruction had a positive effect on students' essay writing and knowledge of the writing process, and effects were…
Descriptors: Essays, Goal Orientation, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades
