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Shen, Mei; Troia, Gary A. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2018
This study used a multiple-probe, multiple-baseline single-case design to investigate the efficacy of planning, and then revising strategy instruction using self-regulated strategy development on the compare-contrast writing performance of three late elementary students with language-learning disabilities. After receiving the planning instruction,…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Children, Language Acquisition, Language Impairments
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Vue, Ge; Hall, Tracey E.; Robinson, Kristin; Ganley, Patricia; Elizalde, Emma; Graham, Steve – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2016
Conducting focus groups with target audiences to assess user needs is a critical step in the process of designing and developing a web-based writing environment. This descriptive study examined focus group data gathered to address two questions: First, do data from focus groups affirm and expand our understanding of writing and writing development…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Writing Difficulties, Writing Improvement, Assistive Technology
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Chalk, Jill C.; Hagan-Burke, Shanna; Burke, Mack D. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2005
Many students with learning disabilities (LD) exhibit deficiencies in the writing process. In order to achieve an adequate level of writing competence, these students must apply strategies that enable them to effectively plan, organize, write, and revise a written product. Explicit strategy instruction involving a structured style of learning has…
Descriptors: Writing Processes, Learning Disabilities, High School Students, Self Management
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MacArthur, Charles A.; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1995
A model of writing instruction integrating word processing, strategy instruction, and a process approach, within a social context for writing as a meaningful task, was tested with 113 elementary students with learning disabilities. Students in experimental classes made greater gains in quality of their narrative and informative writing than did…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies