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Direct linkMacArthur, Charles A.; Philippakos, Zoi – Exceptional Children, 2010
Students learned a strategy for planning, writing, and evaluating compare-contrast essays. Instruction followed the principles of self-regulated strategy development, which aims to improve knowledge about writing, strategic writing processes, self-regulation, and motivation. Six adolescent students, 3 with learning disabilities in writing and 3…
Descriptors: Text Structure, Self Efficacy, Learning Disabilities, Writing Processes
Peer reviewedWard-Lonergan, Jeannene M.; Liles, Betty Z.; Anderson, Angela M. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1999
Verbal-retelling abilities for social-studies lectures were examined in 20 adolescent boys with language-learning disabilities and 29 with normal language abilities. Lectures had either a comparison expository discourse structure or a causation discourse structure. Results indicated that the comparison discourse structure facilitated more…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Instructional Effectiveness, Language Impairments
Peer reviewedDickson, Shirley V.; And Others – LD Forum, 1995
Six instructional design principles are recommended to enable students with learning disabilities to comprehend and compose expository materials. The instructional principles are illustrated using the compare/contrast text structure. Charts provide examples and clarification of the strategies. (SW)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Expository Writing, Instructional Design
