Essay-Writing Interventions for Adolescents With High Incidence Disabilities: A Review of Research
International Journal for Research in Learning Disabilities
Valasa, L. L., Mason, L. H., et al. (2014).
International Journal for Research in Learning Disabilities, 2(1), 72-97.
This systematic review investigates the effect of essay-writing interventions in adolescents with high-incidence disabilities.
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Randomized controlled trial; non-randomized group studies; single group pretest/posttest studies; single-case studies
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Across the three essay genres, Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD) was indicated to have the most evidence as an essay intervention for adolescents with high-incidence disabilities. "Within the persuasive genre, the SRSD and goal-setting (a component of SRSD) studies yielded large effects on writing quality through strong study designs…. Examination of results within the narrative genre reveals somewhat similar findings" (p. 91). Within the expository genre, results indicated SRSD and the Strategic Instruction Model have medium to large effects on improving the quality of student essays.
