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ERIC Number: EJ629172
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-1057-3569
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Using the New Basals To Teach the Writing Process: Modifications for Students with Learning Problems.
Gleason, Mary M.; Isaacson, Stephen
Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, v17 n1 p75-92 Jan 2001
Summarizes research for teaching writing to students with learning problems. Develops, from the literature review, a checklist of instructional features and uses of the checklist to examine two fifth-grade basal textbooks. Concludes by recommending modifications: add modeling to the instruction, make parts of the instruction more explicitly procedural, and provide students with scaffolds needed for success with writing. (SG)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades, Learning Problems, Program Improvement, Textbook Evaluation, Writing Instruction, Writing Processes
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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