TY - JOUR
T1 - Developing writing fluency for adolescents with disabilities
AU - Mason, Linda H.
AU - Kubina, Richard
PY - 2011/12/1
Y1 - 2011/12/1
N2 - Adolescent students with disabilities often struggle with completing writing tasks efficiently. Until recently, most research regarding writing efficiency or fluency has examined production skills such as handwriting with young writers or examined how to use measures of fluency to assess student performance. In this chapter, 10 studies that directly address the impact of instruction on adolescents' writing fluency will be reviewed. Findings indicated that when teacher modeling and structured practice was provided for writing within a time limit, students' writing improved in the number of ideas or text parts written and in holistic quality. When measured, improvement generalized to a standardized writing fluency test. Implications for future research are noted.
AB - Adolescent students with disabilities often struggle with completing writing tasks efficiently. Until recently, most research regarding writing efficiency or fluency has examined production skills such as handwriting with young writers or examined how to use measures of fluency to assess student performance. In this chapter, 10 studies that directly address the impact of instruction on adolescents' writing fluency will be reviewed. Findings indicated that when teacher modeling and structured practice was provided for writing within a time limit, students' writing improved in the number of ideas or text parts written and in holistic quality. When measured, improvement generalized to a standardized writing fluency test. Implications for future research are noted.
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U2 - 10.1108/S0735-004X(2011)0000024013
DO - 10.1108/S0735-004X(2011)0000024013
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84856803626
VL - 24
SP - 295
EP - 319
JO - Advances in Learning and Behavioral Disabilities
JF - Advances in Learning and Behavioral Disabilities
SN - 0735-004X
ER -