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Hebert, Michael; Bohaty, Janet J.; Nelson, J. Ron; Roehling, Julia V. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2018
Informational text writing is a complex task requiring multiple literacy skills, such as reading and comprehending source material, identifying important information, and transforming ideas to meet the goals for the new writing task. The "Structures Writing" intervention was developed to improve the informational text writing skills of…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Intervention, Writing Skills, Elementary School Students
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Al Otaiba, Stephanie; Connor, Carol McDonald; Crowe, Elizabeth – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2018
Research to guide text structure interventions for the primary grades is very limited, yet as early as in kindergarten, many state standards increasingly emphasize exposure to challenging expository texts. The purpose of the present study was to provide preliminary evidence of the feasibility and promise (or the effects) of three brief text…
Descriptors: Text Structure, Teaching Methods, Kindergarten, Grade 1
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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