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Giving Students with Learning Disabilities the POWER To Write: Improving the Quality and Quantity of Written Products.
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Bakken, Jeffrey P.; Whedon, Craig K. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2003
Fifteen high-school students with learning disabilities were taught the acronym POWER (plan, organize, write, edit, and revise) and how to use self-instruction to improve their writing performance. Strategy instruction had a significant impact on students' writing performance with an increase in the quality and quantity of written products.…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies, Process Approach (Writing), Secondary Education
Language Processing/Word Processing: Written Expression, Computers and Learning Disabled Students.
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Kerchner, Leanne B.; Kistinger, Barbara J. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1984
A preliminary classroom study is reported in which learning disabled intermediate students participated in a holistic approach that combined the process approach to writing with the word processing capabilities of the microcomputer. Results suggested that improved written language skills on the computer transfer to pencil-and-paper tasks. (CL)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Holistic Approach, Intermediate Grades, Language Arts
Perceptions of Students with Language and Learning Disabilities about Writing Process Instruction.
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McAlister, Kara M.; Nelson, Nickola W.; Bahr, Christine M. – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1999
Seven students with language and learning disabilities in fourth through eighth grades were interviewed to determine their understanding of and attitudes toward a writing-process instructional approach. Students' attitudes toward this approach were positive but their understanding of prewriting elements and of revising and editing were quite…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Interviews, Language Impairments, Learning Disabilities
Integrating Strategy Instruction and Word Processing into a Process Approach to Writing Instruction.
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MacArthur, Charles; And Others – School Psychology Review, 1993
Describes basic principles and key components of model for writing instruction designed to meet needs of students with learning disabilities. Notes goals of curriculum are to develop writers who possess basic writing skills; range of cognitive and metacognitive strategies for planning, writing, and revising; and ability and motivation to use…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Models
A Model for Writing Instruction: Integrating Word Processing and Strategy Instruction into a Process Approach to Writing.
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MacArthur, Charles A.; And Others – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1991
A process approach to writing instruction for students with learning disabilities is presented. The approach involves students sharing their work with each other, receiving frequent response to their writing, using word processing to support fluent text production and ease revision, conferencing with teachers to develop writing strategies, and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Feedback, Learning Disabilities, Models
So What's the Big Idea? Using Graphic Organizers to Guide Writing for Secondary Students with Learning and Behavioral Issues
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Sundeen, Todd H. – Beyond Behavior, 2007
Writing expressive essays is especially difficult for many students with learning and behavior difficulties. They struggle not only with basic writing skills such as spelling, sentence formation, capitalization, and handwriting, but also with the cognitive processes of writing such as planning, organizing, and writing (Schumaker & Deshler, 2003).…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Academic Support Services, At Risk Students, Writing Assignments
They All Have Something To Say: Helping Learning Disabled Students Write.
Schwartz, Shirley S.; MacArthur, Charles A. – Academic Therapy, 1990
A process approach to writing instruction with learning-disabled students is presented, in which students are guided through the processes of planning, drafting, and revising text. The model emphasizes the interaction of the teacher and learner through such activities as conferences, prompting, modeling, peer collaboration, and dialogues about…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Interaction, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies
Incorporating Strategy Instruction within the Writing Process in the Regular Classroom: Effects on the Writing of Students with and without Learning Disabilities.
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Danoff, Barbara; And Others – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1993
Examines the effectiveness of imbedding strategy instruction in the context of a process approach to writing. Finds that the strategy instructional procedures had a positive effect on the fourth- and fifth-grade students' writing, for both students with and without a learning disability. Shows that, overall, improvements in story quality were…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Grade 5, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades
Reflective Spelling Strategies for Elementary School Students with Severe Writing Difficulties: A Case Study.
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Maki, Hanna S.; Vauras, Marja M. S.; Vainio, Seppo – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2002
A case study with two Finnish 10-year-old boys evaluated an intervention designed to promote the spelling skills of students with severe writing difficulties. The intervention comprised strategy instruction, procedural facilitation, and computer-assisted tutoring. Participants showed gains in spelling accuracy, spelling revision skills, decoding…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education