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Direct linkMacArthur, Charles A.; Traga Philippakos, Zoi A.; May, Henry; Potter, Andrew; Van Horne, Sam; Compello, Jill – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2023
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a curriculum based on self-regulated strategy instruction in college developmental writing courses. Prior research that had found large effects on the writing quality for essays without sources was extended to include strategies for critical reading and note-taking, writing summary response…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Metacognition, Remedial Instruction, Outcome Measures
Traga Philippakos, Zoi A.; MacArthur, Charles A. – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2020
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of an approach to teaching opinion writing in the primary grades that combined collaborative reasoning with strategy instruction. Four teachers and 80 students were randomly assigned to treatment and control conditions for 10 days of instruction in opinion writing. Students wrote opinion essays…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Grade 2, Elementary School Students, Young Children
Download full textMacArthur, Charles A.; Traga Philippakos, Zoi A.; May, Henry; Compello, Jill – Grantee Submission, 2021
The paper presents the results of a randomized experimental study of a writing curriculum for college developmental writing courses based on strategy instruction with self-regulation integrated with practices common in college composition. Students in a full semester course learned strategies for planning and revising based on rhetorical analysis…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Metacognition, Writing Instruction, Self Efficacy
MacArthur, Charles A.; Philippakos, Zoi A.; Ianetta, Melissa – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2015
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of a curriculum for college developmental writing classes, developed in prior design research and based on self-regulated strategy instruction. Students learned strategies for planning, drafting, and revising compositions with an emphasis on using knowledge of genre organization to guide…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Remedial Instruction, Writing Instruction, College Curriculum
MacArthur, Charles A.; Lembo, Leah – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2009
This study investigated the effectiveness of cognitive strategy instruction in writing with adult literacy learners. Three middle-aged African-American adults participating in adult education with the goal of passing the GED received tutoring in a strategy for planning, writing, and revising persuasive essays along with self-regulation strategies.…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Literacy Education, Writing Instruction, African Americans
