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Milford, Todd; Harrison, Gina L. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2010
A critical focus of effective writing interventions is to help students develop a more sophisticated approach to composing, one that is similar in design to those used by skilled writers. After studying the skills and approaches used by effective writers, Harris and Graham designed the self-regulated strategy development (SRSD) approach as an…
Descriptors: Writing Difficulties, Writing (Composition), Intervention, Learning Disabilities
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Wu, Shaoqun; Witten, Ian H.; Franken, Margaret – ReCALL, 2010
Collocations are of great importance for second language learners, and a learner's knowledge of them plays a key role in producing language fluently (Nation, 2001: 323). In this article we describe and evaluate an innovative system that uses a Web-derived corpus and digital library software to produce a vast concordance and present it in a way…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Internet, Computational Linguistics, Second Language Learning
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LaBonty, Jan; Reksten, Patty – Middle School Journal, 2001
Describes a project that used photography to inspire and structure creative writing among students who were struggling writers. Outlines the writing process and the problems struggling writers encounter. Provides information for taking good photographs, making photographs interesting, and choosing subject ideas to get students started. (SD)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Middle School Students, Middle Schools, Photographs