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Dissertation
The effects of timed practice and instructional feedback on the writing fluency of adolescents with disabilities
University of Iowa
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Iowa
Spring 2022
DOI: 10.17077/etd.006411
Abstract
Writing fluency is an essential skill for K-12 students to develop. Students who have deficits in writing fluency may have further difficulties developing advanced writing skills, such as organizing and reviewing. Unfortunately, adolescents with disabilities typically struggle to develop multiple skills related to writing fluency and receive minimal instructional time to remediate aspects of writing fluency. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the effects of supplemental academic interventions on the writing performance of adolescents with disabilities. Specifically, the academic intervention entails brief, computer-based timed practices followed by instructional feedback from an instructor. The study included two dependent variables (total words written and correct writing sequence) and used a multiple-probe across participants design. Visual analysis and effect sizes revealed positive but mixed results. All participants showed improvements during intervention on both metrics, while two of them showed a return to their baseline level in the post-intervention phase. The overall findings were discussed within the context of previous research. The limitations and possible suggestions for future research were presented.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The effects of timed practice and instructional feedback on the writing fluency of adolescents with disabilities
- Creators
- Lanqi Wang
- Contributors
- Shawn Datchuk (Advisor)Allison Bruhn (Committee Member)Seth King (Committee Member)Lisa Didion Johnston (Committee Member)Stewart Ehly (Committee Member)
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Degree Awarded
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Iowa
- Degree in
- Teaching and Learning
- Date degree season
- Spring 2022
- Publisher
- University of Iowa
- DOI
- 10.17077/etd.006411
- Number of pages
- x, 116 pages
- Copyright
- Copyright 2022 Lanqi Wang
- Language
- English
- Description illustrations
- Tables, charts, graphs
- Description bibliographic
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 74-89).
- Academic Unit
- Teaching and Learning
- Record Identifier
- 9984271255002771
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