ERIC Number: EJ1250620
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-2194
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Effects of Discipline-Specific Strategy Instruction on Historical Writing Growth of Students with Writing Difficulties
Wissinger, Daniel R.; De La Paz, Susan
Journal of Learning Disabilities, v53 n3 p199-212 May-Jun 2020
This article reports the results from a study investigating the effects of a discipline-specific reading and writing intervention (I3C/PROVE IT!) with fourth and fifth graders. Participants included 237 students with writing difficulties (WD) from an initial pool of 608 upper elementary school students in a larger study. Teachers and students were randomly assigned to I3C/PROVE IT! or business-as-usual conditions and then provided instruction on reading historical documents and writing evidence-based arguments. Findings indicated that over a period of almost 3 months, the historical writing growth trajectories of students with WD in I3C/PROVE IT! classrooms were significantly greater than their peers in business-as-usual classrooms. Significant findings favoring I3C/PROVE IT! students also generalized to domain-general measures. This study provides evidence for the benefits of discipline-specific interventions in social studies for students with WD. Limitations and directions for future research are discussed.
Descriptors: Handwriting, Writing Difficulties, Grade 4, Grade 5, Elementary School Students, Teaching Methods, Intervention, Reading Instruction, Writing Instruction, Skill Development, Program Effectiveness, Social Studies, Content Area Writing, History, Faculty Development, Essays, Achievement Tests
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades; Grade 5; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Pennsylvania
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Wechsler Individual Achievement Test
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