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Teacher Implementation of a Technology-Based Intervention for Writing
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Evmenova, Anya S.; Regan, Kelley; Ahn, Soo Y.; Good, Kevin – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2020
Various technology-based interventions exist to support writing for students with learning disabilities (LD). However, it is not enough to simply provide access to technology. How it is implemented by teachers may affect student outcomes. In this study, three special education teachers used a technology-based graphic organizer (TBGO) with embedded…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Writing Instruction
Time-Based versus Task-Based Contingencies: Which Is More Effective for Independent Academic Assignments for Students with Learning Disabilities?
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Hua, Youjia; Lee, David L.; Stansbery, Sam; McAfee, James K. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2014
Task interspersal is an academic material modification procedure implemented by adding a sequence of brief tasks prior to more difficult academic tasks. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the interspersal procedure under both time-based (i.e., time allotted to complete task held constant) and task-based (i.e., number of…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Timed Tests, Time on Task, Task Analysis
Revising Strategy Instruction in Inclusive Settings: Effects for English Learners and Novice Writers
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De La Paz, Susan; Sherman, Cindy K. – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2013
Twenty-three students with varying academic and linguistic profiles were taught a strategy for revising expository essays, using the Self-Regulated Strategy Development model for instruction. Students learned basic revising tactics and to consider text structure as they managed decisions on how to improve their essays. Instructional effects were…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Writing Instruction, English Language Learners, Essays
Developing Quick Writing Skills of Middle School Students with Disabilities
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Mason, Linda H.; Kubina, Richard M., Jr.; Taft, Raol J. – Journal of Special Education, 2011
Two multiple-baseline, across-participants design studies were used to examine persuasive quick write (10-minute writing responses) performance of seventh-grade students with disabilities. In the first study, 6 students were taught by a graduate research assistant; in the second study, 10 students were taught by their special education teacher. In…
Descriptors: Prompting, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Learning Disabilities, Special Education Teachers
Effects of Instruction in an Assignment Completion Strategy on the Homework Performance of Students with Learning Disabilities in General Education Classes.
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Hughes, Charles A.; Ruhl, Kathy L.; Schumaker, Jean B.; Deshler, Donald D. – Learning Disabilities: Research & Practice, 2002
A study evaluated the effects of instruction in a comprehensive, independent assignment completion strategy on homework completion rates and the quality of products completed in response to assignments given in general education classrooms. Eight of nine students mastered use of the strategy and their homework completion rates and products…
Descriptors: Assignments, Homework, Inclusive Schools, Instructional Effectiveness
Writing Next: Effective Strategies to Improve Writing of Adolescents in Middle and High Schools. A Report to Carnegie Corporation of New York
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Graham, Steve; Perin, Dolores – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2007
This report offers a number of specific teaching techniques that research suggests will help 4th- to 12th-grade students in this nation's schools. The report focuses on all students, not just those who display writing difficulties, although this latter group is deservedly the focus of much attention. The premise of this report is that all students…
Descriptors: Transformational Generative Grammar, Writing Assignments, Writing Difficulties, Sentences