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Ray, Amber B.; Graham, Steve; Houston, Julia D.; Harris, Karen R. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2016
A random sample of middle school teachers (grades 6-9) from across the United States was surveyed about their use of writing to support students' learning. The selection process was stratified so there were an equal number of English language arts, social studies, and science teachers. More than one-half of the teachers reported applying 15 or…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Teacher Surveys, Writing (Composition), Teaching Methods
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Wolbers, Kimberly A.; Dostal, Hannah M.; Graham, Steve; Cihak, David; Kilpatrick, Jennifer R.; Saulsburry, Rachel – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2015
Strategic and Interactive Writing Instruction (SIWI) has led to improved writing and language outcomes among deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) middle grades students. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of SIWI on the written expression of DHH elementary students across recount/personal narrative, information report, and persuasive…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Teaching Methods, Deafness, Hearing Impairments
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Graham, Steve – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2000
Reviews literature on the natural learning approach as it pertains to spelling instruction, which focuses on incidental and informal methods of learning to spell. Emphasizes there is only partial support for the inherent assumptions of the approach and reports young children who receive little or no spelling instruction do as well as their…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Style, Learning Strategies, Spelling Instruction
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Graham, 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
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De La Paz, Susan; Owen, Bonnie; Harris, Karen R.; Graham, Steve – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2000
This article describes implementation of the Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD) approach to help students learn a specific essay writing strategy in preparation for a state writing test. It also reviews the theoretical and research bases for using SRSD to teaching writing strategies. (Contains references.) (DB)
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Elementary Education, Learning Strategies, Teaching Methods
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Graham, 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
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Graham, Steve; Harris, Karen R. – Elementary School Journal, 1993
Teachers using the self-regulated strategy development approach instruct students in task-specific strategies along with more general strategies for regulating the students' strategy use and the learning process. Examines the components, stages, and characteristics of such an approach, along with its effectiveness in helping students with learning…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, High Risk Students, Learning Problems
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Graham, Steve; And Others – Focus on Exceptional Children, 1992
Principles of teaching students with special needs the processes for self-regulation of their behavior are offered, for the four components of self-instruction, goal setting, self-monitoring, and self-reinforcement. Forms of self-instruction are described, with examples, and sample recording systems are provided. (DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Goal Orientation, Learning Strategies
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Harris, 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
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Graham, 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
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Graham, 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