A teacher-researcher translated research-based practices related to using self-instruction in special education settings into inclusive classroom practices with students with learning disabilities (LD) and students for whom English was a second language (ESL). Both groups were fully included in a third-grade classroom. After classwide instruction…

Students may copy words while being incapable of communicating through writing, a deficiency which may be identified using three techniques for analyzing generative writing samples: (1) interpretation of cluster errors, (2) differentiation of linguistic disability from symptomatic frustration, and (3) use of word restoration exercises. Samples of…

A cost-effective, efficient strategy for informal assessment of learning-disabled students' writing samples utilizes an "Error Analysis Worksheet" which provides a written, documented record of the evaluation which can then be used to plan goals and objectives for writing instruction for the student. (CB)