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Peer reviewedMcAlister, 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
Writing in Mathematics: An Alternative Form of Communication for Academically Low-Achieving Students
Direct linkBaxter, Juliet A.; Woodward, John; Olson, Deborah – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 2005
Classroom communication figures prominently in current math reform efforts. In this study, we analyze how one teacher used writing to support communication in a seventh-grade, low-track mathematics class. For one school year, we studied four low-achieving students in the class. Students wrote in journals on a weekly basis. Using classroom…
Descriptors: Profiles, Classroom Communication, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods
