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Brady, Kelly K.; Evmenova, Anya S.; Regan, Kelley S.; Ainsworth, Melissa K.; Gafurov, Boris S. – Journal of Special Education, 2022
A multiple-probe design was used to investigate planning and persuasive paragraph writing by three secondary students with disabilities and writing difficulties. The intervention consisted of one-on-one explicit instruction in persuasive writing and the use of a technology-based graphic organizer (TBGO) with embedded strategies and supports.…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Instructional Materials, Planning, Persuasive Discourse
Schumaker, Jean B. – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2022
The purpose of this study was to determine whether struggling adolescent writers could learn sentence and paragraph writing skills from a software program. Nine junior-high and nine senior-high struggling writers participated in a multiple-probe across-students design that was replicated six times. Instructional procedures within the software…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Writing Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Computer Software
Toba, Rostanti; Noor, Widya Noviana; Sanu, La Ode – Dinamika Ilmu, 2019
The aim of this study is to investigate issues of Indonesian EFL students' writing skills, covering ability, problem and reason why they got problems in writing comparison and contrast essay. The convergent parallel of mixed methods was used to explore these issues by involving 52 EFL students of IAIN Samarinda who enrolled the academic essay…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Writing Skills, English (Second Language), English Language Learners
Datchuk, Shawn M. – Journal of Behavioral Education, 2016
The present study investigated the effects of a multicomponent intervention on the writing behavior of adolescents with writing difficulties. A single-case design consisting of a combination of multiple-probe design across participants and pre-post test was used. Four participants completed two intervention phases: (a) sentence instruction and…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Adolescents, Writing Difficulties, Pretests Posttests

Pigford, Aretha B. – Clearing House, 1987
Outlines the "sandwich approach" to teaching remedial writing--a technique for teaching students the structure of a paragraph that removes the barriers of unfamiliar vocabulary (e.g. topic sentence, unity) and that appeals to the student's sense of sight and taste. Includes sample exercises for practical application. (NKA)
Descriptors: Equivalency Tests, Grade 10, Grade 11, Paragraph Composition
Hogge, Joan Ellet – 1985
Acknowledging that ordering, spatial orientation, and synthesis are important properties in achieving clarity in writing, a study investigated the biological influences on students' writing processes and ways to help writers produce more coherent written products. Subjects, two males and four females ranging in age from 19 to 40, were tested using…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Coherence