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Gabriel, Kathleen F.; Davis, Teresa M. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2015
This study reports findings on the fidelity of implementation of the Strategic Instructional Model (SIM), Proficiency in the Sentence Writing Strategy (Schumaker & Sheldon, 1999) in five rural secondary special education classrooms. Participants were 5 special education teachers and 38 secondary students identified with mild to moderate…
Descriptors: Writing Strategies, Rural Areas, Attitude Measures, Student Attitudes
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Cooks, Jamal; Sunseri, Anita – CATESOL Journal, 2014
Many students, especially English language learners (ELLs), struggle with writing expository texts. This study examined the impact of several writing strategies on ELLs' writing skills, including prewriting strategies and scaffolding strategies inherent in the Thinking Maps (TM) program. The purpose of the study was to see if ELLs were able to use…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency