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Direct linkElaine R. Silliman; Ruth H. Bahr; Robin L. Danzak; Maria Rosa Brea-Spahn – Topics in Language Disorders, 2024
One aim of this article is to shift mindsets from the traditional identification of written language abilities that are "missing" in students with specific learning disabilities (SLDs) to writing assessment as the discovery of more complex language strengths foundational to success across disciplines. The multiple language-levels (MLL)…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Writing Evaluation, Writing Ability, Writing Instruction
Download full textEvmenova, Anya S.; Regan, Kelley; Ahn, Soo Y.; Good, Kevin – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2020
Various technology-based interventions exist to support writing for students with learning disabilities (LD). However, it is not enough to simply provide access to technology. How it is implemented by teachers may affect student outcomes. In this study, three special education teachers used a technology-based graphic organizer (TBGO) with embedded…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Writing Instruction
Dunn, Michael; Zajic, Matthew C.; Berninger, Virginia – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2021
Dysgraphia, a specific learning disability, impairs legible and automatic letter production by hand, which can interfere with written composing. The goal of the current study was not to investigate effective methods for teaching self-regulated writing to students with dysgraphia, but rather to investigate their self that is involved in their…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Writing Skills, Writing Instruction, Grade 4
Dunn, Michael; Zajic, Matthew C.; Berninger, Virginia – Grantee Submission, 2020
Dysgraphia, a specific learning disability, impairs legible and automatic letter production by hand, which can interfere with written composing. The goal of the current study was not to investigate effective methods for teaching self-regulated writing to students with dysgraphia, but rather to investigate their self that is involved in their…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Writing Skills, Writing Instruction, Grade 4
Mason, Linda H.; Kubina, Richard M., Jr.; Taft, Raol J. – Journal of Special Education, 2011
Two multiple-baseline, across-participants design studies were used to examine persuasive quick write (10-minute writing responses) performance of seventh-grade students with disabilities. In the first study, 6 students were taught by a graduate research assistant; in the second study, 10 students were taught by their special education teacher. In…
Descriptors: Prompting, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Learning Disabilities, Special Education Teachers
Ness, Bryan Michael; Sohlberg, McKay Moore; Albin, Richard W. – Remedial and Special Education, 2011
Students who struggle academically often struggle with assignment completion. Poor assignment completion is attributable to both student cognitive and motivational barriers. This study evaluates the effectiveness of an intervention designed to improve assignment completion for middle school students who struggle academically. Seventh graders with…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Homework, Intervention, Grade 7
Fitzgerald, Nancy Shuman – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Two major pieces of legislation, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (2004) and No Child Left Behind (NCLB) (2001) mandate that students with disabilities be placed in the Least Restrictive Environment and have access to the general education curriculum. To provide access to the general education curriculum, inclusion in general…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Reading Assignments, Reading Comprehension, Charter Schools
Graham, Steve; Perin, Dolores – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2007
This report offers a number of specific teaching techniques that research suggests will help 4th- to 12th-grade students in this nation's schools. The report focuses on all students, not just those who display writing difficulties, although this latter group is deservedly the focus of much attention. The premise of this report is that all students…
Descriptors: Transformational Generative Grammar, Writing Assignments, Writing Difficulties, Sentences
