ERIC Number: ED527571
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Dec-12
Pages: 34
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Effects of Graphic Organizers on Student Achievement in the Writing Process
Brown, Marjorie
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Writing at the high school level requires higher cognitive and literacy skills. Educators must decide the strategies best suited for the varying skills of each process. Compounding this issue is the need to instruct students with learning disabilities. Writing for students with learning disabilities is a struggle at minimum; teachers have to find a way to instruct students on how to write so they can meet the necessary demands of post-secondary education and the workforce. Working and learning in the 21st century also brings in the aspect of using technology to instruct students. The focus of this research will be to determine the effectiveness of using technology and graphic organizers to teach the pre-writing process. The pre-writing process is the most important stage of writing; a stage students with learning disabilities struggle with the most, and routinely spend the least amount of time on. The following are appended: (1) Kansas Department of Education 6 TRAITS of Writing; (2) Student Self-Assessment and Attitude toward Writing Survey; (3) Graphic Organizer; and (4) Persuasive Analysis Organizer. (Contains 2 tables and 4 graphs.)
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Instructional Materials, Process Approach (Writing), Special Education, Special Needs Students, Educational Technology, Computer Assisted Instruction, Student Surveys, Questionnaires, Persuasive Discourse, Prewriting, Writing Skills, Visual Aids, High School Students, Writing Achievement, Federal Legislation, Access to Education, Essays, Urban Schools, Qualitative Research, Statistical Analysis, Instructional Effectiveness
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Kansas
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; No Child Left Behind Act 2001
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