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The Efficacy of a Virtually Delivered Multi-Media Expository Writing Strategy with College Students with Developmental Disabilities
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Suzanne Woods-Groves; Kelly B. Schweck; Jessica Milton; Elizabeth Danson; Tara Tucker; Betty S. Patten; Kinga Balint-Langel; Taehoon Choi – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2025
Expository writing is a highly valued employability skill (Finley, 2023) and a necessary competency for college students to master due to its often-used format within college assignments (Schillings et al., 2023). As students in postsecondary education programs for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities attend traditional…
Descriptors: College Students, Students with Disabilities, Developmental Disabilities, Expository Writing
A Preliminary Investigation of a Virtually Delivered Multimedia Essay Writing Strategy with College Students with Developmental Disabilities: Virtual Writing Strategy College Students with DD
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Suzanne Woods-Groves; Margaret M. Flores; Betty Patten; Kinga Balint-Langel; Charles A. Hughes; Taehoon Choi – Journal of Inclusive Postsecondary Education, 2024
The authors of this study examined a virtually delivered multimedia expository writing strategy via a single case multiple-baseline across participants design with three college students enrolled in a postsecondary program for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Participants responded to expository essay prompts at the…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Multimedia Materials, Essays, Writing (Composition)
Effects of Developmental Language Disorder on Writing for College-Aged Adults
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Tucci, Alexander – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Purpose: Developmental language disorder (DLD) affects individuals through childhood into adulthood. However, we do not know how this disorder affects the written language abilities of college students, for whom writing difficulties may cause significant academic issues. This study sought to explore and characterize the differences in writing…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Language Impairments, Written Language, Writing Skills
Efficacy of a Combined Electronic Essay Writing and Editing Strategy with Postsecondary Students with Developmental Disabilities
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Woods-Groves, Suzanne; Rodgers, Derek B.; Balint-Langel, Kinga; Hinzman-Ferris, Michelle L. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2022
We examined the efficacy of a combined electronic essay writing and editing mnemonic driven strategy with 24 college students in a two-year postsecondary program for students with developmental disabilities. We used a pre-posttest experimental design with random assignment to treatment/control groups. During 26 sessions each consisting of 50 min.,…
Descriptors: College Students, Students with Disabilities, Developmental Disabilities, Essay Tests
An Action Research Study Implementing a Livescribe™ Pen and Cornell Note-Taking Strategy in a Personal and Community Health Course to Support Note-Taking and Comprehension of College Student-Athletes with Learning Disabilities
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Ivana Rich – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of the Livescribe™ Symphony smartpen and the Cornell note-taking strategy on the lecture comprehension and quality of written notes of college student-athletes with learning disabilities. To explore educational tools and strategies that can assist students with learning disabilities in overcoming…
Descriptors: Action Research, Handheld Devices, Technology Uses in Education, Notetaking
Culturally Responsive Self-Regulated Strategy Development in Writing for College Students with Disabilities
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Torres, Caroline; Black, Rhonda S. – Multiple Voices for Ethnically Diverse Exceptional Learners, 2018
Students with disabilities and culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students typically struggle more with writing than their nondisabled and English-proficient peers. Although the reasons are different, these students often face similar difficulties in writing. Self-regulated strategy development (SRSD) is an evidence-based practice for…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Writing Instruction, Writing Strategies, Writing (Composition)