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Coordinating Multiple Language Levels in Writing: Finding Strengths in Students with Specific Learning Disabilities
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Elaine 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
The Self in Self-Regulated Writing of Fourth to Ninth Graders with Dysgraphia
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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
The Self in Self-Regulated Writing of Fourth to Ninth Graders with Dysgraphia
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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
Computerized Writing and Reading Instruction for Students in Grades 4-9 with Specific Learning Disabilities Affecting Written Language
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Tanimoto, S.; Thompson, R.; Berninger, V. W.; Nagy, W.; Abbott, R. D. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2015
Computer scientists and educational researchers evaluated effectiveness of computerized instruction tailored to evidence-based impairments in specific learning disabilities (SLDs) in students in grades 4-9 with persisting SLDs despite prior extra help. Following comprehensive, evidence-based differential diagnosis for dysgraphia (impaired…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 8
Examining the Effects of a Comprehensive Writing Program on the Writing Performance of Middle School Students with Learning Disabilities in Written Expression
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McCurdy, Merilee; Skinner, Christopher; Watson, Steuart; Shriver, Mark – School Psychology Quarterly, 2008
Many students have difficulty in educational and employment settings because they have failed to master basic writing skills. Multiple-baseline across-tasks designs were used to evaluate the effects of the Comprehensive Writing Program (CWP), a multicomponent intervention, on the writing performance of all students (n = 17) from 3 9th-grade…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Sentences, Basic Writing, Learning Disabilities