Journal article
Improving the Paragraph Text-Writing Skills of Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Single-Case Design Study
Education & treatment of children, Vol.43(4), pp.347-360
12/01/2020
DOI: 10.1007/s43494-020-00029-9
Abstract
Research suggests that students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) struggle to develop writing skills. Paragraph text writing is a component of written expression and refers to the composition of connected text into multiple, related sentences of appropriate semantics, spelling, syntax, and usage (e.g., capitalization and punctuation). In the present study, we investigated the effects of a multicomponent intervention of explicit instruction and fluency practice on the paragraph text-writing skills of four secondary-aged individuals with IDD. We used a multiple-probe across participants design and measured paragraph text-writing with correct and incorrect writing sequences. Visual analysis and effect sizes revealed mixed results: Three participants showed improvement in the accuracy and/or speed of their paragraph text-writing, but one participant showed no improvement. We discuss the results of the study within the context of the writing intervention literature and instructional procedures for developing writing fluency.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Improving the Paragraph Text-Writing Skills of Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Single-Case Design Study
- Creators
- Derek B. Rodgers - University of Nebraska–LincolnShawn M. Datchuk - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Education & treatment of children, Vol.43(4), pp.347-360
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- DOI
- 10.1007/s43494-020-00029-9
- ISSN
- 0748-8491
- eISSN
- 1934-8924
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/01/2020
- Academic Unit
- Teaching and Learning
- Record Identifier
- 9984371087102771
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