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Peer reviewedEnglert, Carol Sue; Raphael, Taffy E. – Exceptional Children, 1988
The expository writing difficulties of exceptional students are examined in relationship to the writing process, expository text structures, and students' metacognitive knowledge. Approaches to the teaching of expository writing are discussed, and a dialogic approach, involving teacher modeling and a series of think sheets, is described.…
Descriptors: Dialogs (Language), Elementary Secondary Education, Expository Writing, Learning Disabilities
Download full textPany, Darlene; Jenkins, Joseph R. – 1977
Three instructional conditions which varied in the extent to which they emphasized direct instruction on word meanings were compared as to their effects on two aspects of reading comprehension: recalling word meanings and recalling facts from a story. The instructional conditions consisted of (1) meanings from context, which required students to…
Descriptors: Context Clues, Intermediate Grades, Learning Disabilities, Prose
