Writing Better: Effective Strategies For Teaching Students With Learning Difficulties

If I could have only one book on teaching writing, Writing Better: Effective Strategies For Teaching Students With Learning Difficulties would be that book. Steve Graham and Karen Harris not only can research, but they also can write with clarity, flair, and humor.

Any teacher or homeschooler who wants students to be more independent can profit from their strategies for enabling students to learn to monitor their own performance.

The research and strategies Graham and Harris discuss were primarily tested at the middle school level. However, I have used them successfully at the college level with students who were not learning disabled. The authors' recommendations are practical, down-to-earth, and clear enough that any anyone can use and adapt them to a wide range of student populations. They need not be limited to special education.

Linda Aragoni
www.you-can-teach-writing.com

This is also an excellent resource as I am writing a thesis on self-regulated strategy instruction in the area of written language

Special Education professors Steve Graham, Ed.D. and Karen Harris, Ed.D. combine their talents in Writing Better: Effective Strategies For Teaching Students With Learning Difficulties, a methodical and practical guide for educators. Chapters address genre specific writing strategies, paragraph-writing, goal-setting, brainstorming and other strategies, ways of fostering self-monitoring and self-regulating writing skills, and more. An invaluable, practical resource that explains its ideas in depth with boxed tips and numerous examples, supported heavily with research and classroom experience.