Writing+Resources

=Writing Resources= [|Center On Instruction - Reading and Writing Resources]

[|How Computers Change the Writing Process for People with Learning Disabilities]

=Research Articles= 1. [|Linda H. Mason, Steve Graham (2008) Writing Instruction for Adolescents with Learning Disabilities: Programs of Intervention Research Learning Disabilities Research & Practice 23 (2), 103–112.] Summary Points: Students with LDs "produce compositions that are shorter, less coherent and simply not as effective in communicating a message when compared to" their peers without LDs. (p. 103) Identified 11 effective elements for improving writing achievement for 4th - 12th grade:
 * 1) "teach strategies for planning, revising and editing
 * 2) teach strategies for summarizing
 * 3) provide a collaborative instructional writing environment
 * 4) set clear and specific goals
 * 5) use word processing as a tool
 * 6) explicitly teach complex sentence writing
 * 7) use prewriting to help students generate ideas
 * 8) enage students in inquiry activities to help them analyze data for developing ideas and content
 * 9) use a process writing approach
 * 10) provide students with good models for writing genres
 * 11) write for content learning." (p. 109)

2. [|SYNOPSIS OF WRITING NEXT: EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE WRITING OF ADOLESCENTS IN MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOLS] [|Full report here] "...these studies involved students’ use of word processing software to complete composition-related classroom assignments. Comparison of the quality of the word-processed products with those of students who composed “by hand” suggested that the former group produced higher quality writing. The ease of manipulating text in a word processing program and the neatness of the resulting typed document appear of particular benefit to students with learning disabilities and low achievement." (p. 2).

3. [|Studies Explore Whether the Internet Makes Students Better Writers]