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Harris, Karen R.; McKeown, Debra – Theory Into Practice, 2022
The ability to write is fundamental for learning and achievement across Grades K-12, performance in the workplace, continuing education, college, personal development, and addressing social justice. The majority of our students, however, are not capable writers. We have a body of evidence-based practices (EBPs) and best practices that can make a…
Descriptors: Barriers, Evidence Based Practice, Writing Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education
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Harris, Karen R.; Mason, Linda H.; Graham, Steve; Saddler, Bruce – Theory into Practice, 2002
Reviews work in the field of writing instruction, focusing on self-regulated strategy development (SRSD), which emphasizes the development of composition and self-regulation strategies in tandem. The six stages of SRSD are: develop and activate background knowledge, discuss the strategy, model the strategy, memorize the strategy, support the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Strategies, Writing Instruction, Writing Skills
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Pressley, Michael; Harris, Karen R. – Educational Leadership, 1990
Many learning strategies endorsed by curriculum and instruction publications have never demonstrated their worth in objective experimental evaluations. Most researchers agree that cognitive strategies should be taught in conjunction with content and in response to learner needs and capabilities. Teacher modeling and self-regulation lie at the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Strategies, Modeling (Psychology), Reading Comprehension
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Graham, 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
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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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Harris, Karen R.; Pressley, Michael – Exceptional Children, 1991
This article illustrates the theoretical and empirical basis of cognitive strategy instruction and compares this basis to major principles of constructivism. Illustrations of self-instructional and other cognitive strategy instruction models are presented in the areas of reading comprehension, written language, and memory. Maintenance,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Objectives, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Psychology, Disabilities