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ERIC Number: EJ621009
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0663
The Effects of an Elaborated Goal on the Persuasive Writing of Students with Learning Disabilities and Their Normally Achieving Peers.
Ferretti, Ralph P.; MacArthur, Charles A.; Dowdy, Nancy S.
Journal of Educational Psychology, v92 n4 p694-702 Dec 2000
Reports on a study in which students with and without learning disabilities wrote persuasive essays about controversial topics. One group of students was given an elaborated goal that included explicit subgoals based on the elements of argumentation. Sixth-grade students in the elaborated goal condition produced more persuasive essays and included a greater number of argumentative elements in their essays. (Contains 44 references, 5 tables, and an appendix.) (Author/GCP)
Descriptors: Grade 6, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades, Persuasive Discourse, Special Needs Students, Teaching Methods, Writing Skills, Writing Strategies
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Elaboration; Goal Clarity