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Goodrich, J. Marc; Hebert, Michael; Savaiano, Mackenzie; Andress, Tim T. – Elementary School Journal, 2020
Research indicates that sentence-combining instruction is effective for improving writing outcomes; however, no studies to date have examined the effects of sentence-combining instruction on the writing skills of Spanish-speaking language-minority (LM) students. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the effects of explicit…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Sentences, Writing Skills, Spanish Speaking
Hebert, Michael; Bohaty, Janet; Nelson, J. Ron; Roehling, Julia; Christensen, Kristin – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2018
Students with writing difficulties may have difficulty when writing informational text with source material due to (a) inexperience with such text and (b) difficulties reading and understanding source material. Teaching students to take notes related to informational text using text structures (e.g., description, compare/contrast) may help them…
Descriptors: Writing Difficulties, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction, Notetaking
Hebert, Michael; Bohaty, Janet J.; Nelson, J. Ron; Roehling, Julia; Christensen, Kristin – Grantee Submission, 2018
Students with writing difficulties may have difficulty when writing informational text with source material due to (a) inexperience with such text and (b) difficulties reading and understanding source material. Teaching students to take notes related to informational text using text structures (e.g., description, compare/contrast) may help them…
Descriptors: Writing Difficulties, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction, Notetaking
Brindle, Mary; Graham, Steve; Harris, Karen R.; Hebert, Michael – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2016
A random sample of teachers in grades 3 and 4 (N = 157) from across the United States were surveyed about their use of evidence-based writing practices, preparation to teach writing, and beliefs about writing. Teachers' beliefs included their efficacy to teach writing, their orientations to teach writing, their attitude about teaching writing, and…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Grade 4, Elementary School Teachers, Classroom Techniques
Graham, Steve; Capizzi, Andrea; Harris, Karen R.; Hebert, Michael; Morphy, Paul – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2014
A random sample of language arts, social studies, and science middle school teachers from the United States were surveyed about their preparation to teach writing, beliefs about responsibilities for teaching writing, use of evidence-based writing practices, assessment of writing, use of technology, and adaptations for struggling writers. The…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Middle School Teachers, Middle School Students, Teacher Surveys
Graham, Steve; Hebert, Michael; Harris, Karen R. – Elementary School Journal, 2015
To determine whether formative writing assessments that are directly tied to everyday classroom teaching and learning enhance students' writing performance, we conducted a meta-analysis of true and quasi-experiments conducted with students in grades 1 to 8. We found that feedback to students about writing from adults, peers, self, and computers…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Meta Analysis, Writing Tests, Quasiexperimental Design

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