Pub Date : 2023-04-18DOI: 10.1080/02702711.2023.2187906
Amanda E. Whatley, N. Smith
Abstract This research examined the impact of writing professional development and implementation on content area teachers’ pedagogical practices. Data were collected through a survey instrument and teacher reflection questionnaires for qualitative and quantitative results. Teacher participants were employees at a rural public charter high school in North Carolina. Per analysis of the data, it was determined that teacher attitude toward writing as a mode of learning was positively affected by the sustained writing professional development and implementation.
{"title":"Writing in the Content Areas: Changing Teacher Perceptions with Professional Development","authors":"Amanda E. Whatley, N. Smith","doi":"10.1080/02702711.2023.2187906","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02702711.2023.2187906","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This research examined the impact of writing professional development and implementation on content area teachers’ pedagogical practices. Data were collected through a survey instrument and teacher reflection questionnaires for qualitative and quantitative results. Teacher participants were employees at a rural public charter high school in North Carolina. Per analysis of the data, it was determined that teacher attitude toward writing as a mode of learning was positively affected by the sustained writing professional development and implementation.","PeriodicalId":46567,"journal":{"name":"Reading Psychology","volume":"44 1","pages":"710 - 730"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47032458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-03-15DOI: 10.1080/02702711.2023.2187908
Qizhen Deng, Guy Trainin
Abstract English language learners (ELLs) lack academic vocabulary knowledge, an essential component that explains much of the persistent achievement gap between students who start schools as ELLs and their monolingual peers. This single-subject experimental design study addressed this issue by focusing on self-regulated vocabulary learning that helps ELLs become effective and independent word learners. Nine upper elementary ELLs participated in an intervention for 16 sessions, with about 35 minutes per session. The intervention included the instruction of task-specific cognitive strategies (i.e., morphological and contextual analyses) and metacognitive strategies (i.e., goal-setting and monitoring) in authentic reading texts in social studies. Results indicated positive effects on ELLs’ vocabulary knowledge and self-regulated vocabulary learning skills. Participants were also able to generalize both cognitive and metacognitive strategies to learning of new words. A lagging effect was observed for participants with low English proficiency levels.
{"title":"The Effect of a Self-Regulated Intervention on Vocabulary Knowledge and Self-Regulated Learning Skills for English Language Learners","authors":"Qizhen Deng, Guy Trainin","doi":"10.1080/02702711.2023.2187908","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02702711.2023.2187908","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract English language learners (ELLs) lack academic vocabulary knowledge, an essential component that explains much of the persistent achievement gap between students who start schools as ELLs and their monolingual peers. This single-subject experimental design study addressed this issue by focusing on self-regulated vocabulary learning that helps ELLs become effective and independent word learners. Nine upper elementary ELLs participated in an intervention for 16 sessions, with about 35 minutes per session. The intervention included the instruction of task-specific cognitive strategies (i.e., morphological and contextual analyses) and metacognitive strategies (i.e., goal-setting and monitoring) in authentic reading texts in social studies. Results indicated positive effects on ELLs’ vocabulary knowledge and self-regulated vocabulary learning skills. Participants were also able to generalize both cognitive and metacognitive strategies to learning of new words. A lagging effect was observed for participants with low English proficiency levels.","PeriodicalId":46567,"journal":{"name":"Reading Psychology","volume":"44 1","pages":"761 - 791"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46686085","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-03-11DOI: 10.1080/02702711.2023.2187907
C. Hattan, Eunseo Lee, Alexandra List
Abstract The current study examines a multidimensional set of outcome variables to understand whether different pre-reading scaffolds influence students’ text comprehension, diagram analysis, text integration, and interest; and investigates these constructs cross-sectionally to identify any progression as students move across grades. One-hundred fifty-six 3rd through 6th grade students enrolled in a public laboratory school were randomly assigned to one of three pre-reading conditions intended to activate or build students’ topic knowledge. Students completed a series of before, during, and after reading activities while engaging with grade appropriate texts about the topics of ecosystems and living things. Results indicate that there were no significant differences between the three pre-reading conditions on any of the four constructs of interest. Students across grade levels performed well on multiple-choice comprehension questions, but not as well on diagram analysis questions or an open-ended integration task. Implications and future directions are discussed.
{"title":"Comprehension, Diagram Analysis, Integration, and Interest: A Cross-Sectional Analysis","authors":"C. Hattan, Eunseo Lee, Alexandra List","doi":"10.1080/02702711.2023.2187907","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02702711.2023.2187907","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The current study examines a multidimensional set of outcome variables to understand whether different pre-reading scaffolds influence students’ text comprehension, diagram analysis, text integration, and interest; and investigates these constructs cross-sectionally to identify any progression as students move across grades. One-hundred fifty-six 3rd through 6th grade students enrolled in a public laboratory school were randomly assigned to one of three pre-reading conditions intended to activate or build students’ topic knowledge. Students completed a series of before, during, and after reading activities while engaging with grade appropriate texts about the topics of ecosystems and living things. Results indicate that there were no significant differences between the three pre-reading conditions on any of the four constructs of interest. Students across grade levels performed well on multiple-choice comprehension questions, but not as well on diagram analysis questions or an open-ended integration task. Implications and future directions are discussed.","PeriodicalId":46567,"journal":{"name":"Reading Psychology","volume":"44 1","pages":"731 - 760"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47542550","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-03-11DOI: 10.1080/02702711.2023.2179142
E. Laçin
Abstract This study was conducted in a preschool in Hatay, Turkey. The effect of the shared-reading method on the early literacy skills of preschool children is examined. Four preschool classes (two experiments and two control) participated in the research. Tools included the intervention program, intervention checklists, interviews, and early literacy skills tests. Pretests were applied to both groups. The first took a 12-week intervention. Post-tests revealed that children in the experimental showed significant improvement and improvement in early literacy skills compared to baseline performance results. The findings provide educators with an understanding of ways to foster the development of early literacy skills at the preschool level.
{"title":"A Teacher‑Implemented Shared‑Reading Intervention to Promote Early Literacy Skills of Preschoolers Children in Turkey","authors":"E. Laçin","doi":"10.1080/02702711.2023.2179142","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02702711.2023.2179142","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study was conducted in a preschool in Hatay, Turkey. The effect of the shared-reading method on the early literacy skills of preschool children is examined. Four preschool classes (two experiments and two control) participated in the research. Tools included the intervention program, intervention checklists, interviews, and early literacy skills tests. Pretests were applied to both groups. The first took a 12-week intervention. Post-tests revealed that children in the experimental showed significant improvement and improvement in early literacy skills compared to baseline performance results. The findings provide educators with an understanding of ways to foster the development of early literacy skills at the preschool level.","PeriodicalId":46567,"journal":{"name":"Reading Psychology","volume":"44 1","pages":"589 - 603"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49242686","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-03-02DOI: 10.1080/02702711.2023.2179141
Evan Ortlieb, Stephanie A. Grote-Garcia, Bethanie C. Pletcher, Alida K. Hudson, A. Perfetto, Patricia Durham, Kristin Anderson, Susan J. Schatz, Macie Kerbs
Abstract Discussions regarding how to embed culturally relevant and responsive literacy learning towards more socially just and equitable classrooms have prompted the need for additional research. This sequential exploratory mixed-methods study explores (a) 288 literacy teachers’ perceptions of their abilities to address issues of bias, equity, and diversity in their classrooms, (b) literacy teacher beliefs on their practices and material resources reflecting intentionality towards diversity and equity, and (c) 12 literacy coaches’ reflections and reactions to teacher perspectives concerning their ability to address issues of diversity in their classrooms. Findings reflect strong correlations between those who can identify bias and bring issues of diversity into their instruction; number of years of teaching experience as well as advanced degrees to diversity being recognized as an asset to educational systems; how effective communication fosters pluralistic classroom spaces; and the need for ongoing professional development for all teachers.
{"title":"How Teachers Do and Don’t Address Issues of Diversity in Literacy Instruction","authors":"Evan Ortlieb, Stephanie A. Grote-Garcia, Bethanie C. Pletcher, Alida K. Hudson, A. Perfetto, Patricia Durham, Kristin Anderson, Susan J. Schatz, Macie Kerbs","doi":"10.1080/02702711.2023.2179141","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02702711.2023.2179141","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Discussions regarding how to embed culturally relevant and responsive literacy learning towards more socially just and equitable classrooms have prompted the need for additional research. This sequential exploratory mixed-methods study explores (a) 288 literacy teachers’ perceptions of their abilities to address issues of bias, equity, and diversity in their classrooms, (b) literacy teacher beliefs on their practices and material resources reflecting intentionality towards diversity and equity, and (c) 12 literacy coaches’ reflections and reactions to teacher perspectives concerning their ability to address issues of diversity in their classrooms. Findings reflect strong correlations between those who can identify bias and bring issues of diversity into their instruction; number of years of teaching experience as well as advanced degrees to diversity being recognized as an asset to educational systems; how effective communication fosters pluralistic classroom spaces; and the need for ongoing professional development for all teachers.","PeriodicalId":46567,"journal":{"name":"Reading Psychology","volume":"44 1","pages":"563 - 587"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43158425","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-02-22DOI: 10.1080/02702711.2023.2179146
Gina N. Cervetti, Miranda S. Fitzgerald, E. Hiebert, Michael A. Hebert
Abstract We report on a meta-analysis designed to test the theory that instruction that involves direct teaching of academic vocabulary and teaching strategies to determine the meaning of unknown words develops students’ abilities to infer new words’ meanings and builds students’ overall vocabulary knowledge. We meta-analyzed 39 experimental and quasi-experimental intervention studies conducted in grades K-5 to examine the effects of these instructional approaches. Results indicate that interventions that targeted word meaning instruction do not show overall positive effects on measures of breadth of vocabulary knowledge. Although strategy interventions are effective in improving word solving skills on near transfer measures, strategy interventions do not significantly impact students’ overall breadth of vocabulary knowledge. These findings suggest that direct teaching of vocabulary words may not be effective for building overall vocabulary knowledge among elementary-grade students. More research is needed to examine the potential of teaching strategies to determine the meaning of unknown words.
{"title":"Meta-Analysis Examining the Impact of Vocabulary Instruction on Vocabulary Knowledge and Skill","authors":"Gina N. Cervetti, Miranda S. Fitzgerald, E. Hiebert, Michael A. Hebert","doi":"10.1080/02702711.2023.2179146","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02702711.2023.2179146","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract We report on a meta-analysis designed to test the theory that instruction that involves direct teaching of academic vocabulary and teaching strategies to determine the meaning of unknown words develops students’ abilities to infer new words’ meanings and builds students’ overall vocabulary knowledge. We meta-analyzed 39 experimental and quasi-experimental intervention studies conducted in grades K-5 to examine the effects of these instructional approaches. Results indicate that interventions that targeted word meaning instruction do not show overall positive effects on measures of breadth of vocabulary knowledge. Although strategy interventions are effective in improving word solving skills on near transfer measures, strategy interventions do not significantly impact students’ overall breadth of vocabulary knowledge. These findings suggest that direct teaching of vocabulary words may not be effective for building overall vocabulary knowledge among elementary-grade students. More research is needed to examine the potential of teaching strategies to determine the meaning of unknown words.","PeriodicalId":46567,"journal":{"name":"Reading Psychology","volume":"44 1","pages":"672 - 709"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49103294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-02-17DOI: 10.1080/02702711.2023.2179144
Franco Londra, Gastón Saux
Abstract The organization of sources into layers may have an impact on the way readers evaluate conflicting documents online. Two experiments (n = 131) examined whether undergraduates use metadata from the document to evaluate the contents and embedded sources included in that document. Participants read two texts about treatments for a rare disease put forward by two neutral characters (the embedded sources). Each text was manipulated so that it was published by a trustworthy or untrustworthy document source. In Experiment 1, participants performed the task using their own criteria. In Experiment 2, they received a pre-training on how to evaluate sources. Participants used more information (cited more sources and preferred the treatment) and rated the embedded source as more trustworthy when associated to a trustworthy document, but only in Experiment 2. In conclusion, readers can strategically use multiple source layers, suggesting a networked source representation, but contingent to task specifications.
{"title":"The effect of document source trustworthiness on the evaluation and strategic use of embedded sources when reading health information online","authors":"Franco Londra, Gastón Saux","doi":"10.1080/02702711.2023.2179144","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02702711.2023.2179144","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The organization of sources into layers may have an impact on the way readers evaluate conflicting documents online. Two experiments (n = 131) examined whether undergraduates use metadata from the document to evaluate the contents and embedded sources included in that document. Participants read two texts about treatments for a rare disease put forward by two neutral characters (the embedded sources). Each text was manipulated so that it was published by a trustworthy or untrustworthy document source. In Experiment 1, participants performed the task using their own criteria. In Experiment 2, they received a pre-training on how to evaluate sources. Participants used more information (cited more sources and preferred the treatment) and rated the embedded source as more trustworthy when associated to a trustworthy document, but only in Experiment 2. In conclusion, readers can strategically use multiple source layers, suggesting a networked source representation, but contingent to task specifications.","PeriodicalId":46567,"journal":{"name":"Reading Psychology","volume":"44 1","pages":"623 - 648"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41524566","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-02-17DOI: 10.1080/02702711.2023.2179145
Jason L. G. Braasch, Ø. Anmarkrud, Anette Andresen, Leila E. Ferguson, C. Kardash
Abstract One-hundred and twenty-two undergraduates completed a survey assessing beliefs that WM is a stable trait, or that it is quality that can be improved with skill training. They then read an authentic set of journal articles in a special issue, which discussed whether a program called CogMed is or is not effective in promoting WM functioning. Students evaluated the usefulness of the articles for understanding the issue and justified their decisions. Students believing that WM is malleable evaluated articles questioning CogMed’s effectiveness as less useful, and one recognizing its promise as more useful. They were also less likely to question the quality of methods used in pro-CogMed articles. Students believing that WM is a fixed trait, however, evaluated belief-inconsistent articles more critically as uninteresting, task-irrelevant, having poorer-quality argumentation, and having less trustworthy authors. Limitations and future directions of the current work are discussed.
{"title":"Beliefs about the Malleability of Working Memory Guide College Students’ Evaluations of Belief-Inconsistent and Belief-Consistent Journal Articles","authors":"Jason L. G. Braasch, Ø. Anmarkrud, Anette Andresen, Leila E. Ferguson, C. Kardash","doi":"10.1080/02702711.2023.2179145","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02702711.2023.2179145","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract One-hundred and twenty-two undergraduates completed a survey assessing beliefs that WM is a stable trait, or that it is quality that can be improved with skill training. They then read an authentic set of journal articles in a special issue, which discussed whether a program called CogMed is or is not effective in promoting WM functioning. Students evaluated the usefulness of the articles for understanding the issue and justified their decisions. Students believing that WM is malleable evaluated articles questioning CogMed’s effectiveness as less useful, and one recognizing its promise as more useful. They were also less likely to question the quality of methods used in pro-CogMed articles. Students believing that WM is a fixed trait, however, evaluated belief-inconsistent articles more critically as uninteresting, task-irrelevant, having poorer-quality argumentation, and having less trustworthy authors. Limitations and future directions of the current work are discussed.","PeriodicalId":46567,"journal":{"name":"Reading Psychology","volume":"44 1","pages":"649 - 671"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46778562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-02-15DOI: 10.1080/02702711.2023.2179143
H. Taha
Abstract The capacities of detecting visual regularities were tested among twenty typical (age 11.1 ±.32), and twenty poor (age 11.03 ±.28) native-Arab readers. Two stages were implemented, passive exposure to visual regularities and forced decision task. In the first stage, the participants were passively presented with four shapes; each shape was displayed with unique invariant features, which present the regularities of the shape in addition to variant features. In the second stage, the participants were presented with forced decision task and were asked to make an acceptance or rejection of presented 160 shapes according to their own preferences regarding the shapes familiarity. Eighty of the presented shapes were compatible with the visual regularities as was presented in the passive learning stage where the other shapes presented the non-compatible condition. The results indicated that typical readers showed significantly higher levels of true responses in the decision task. In addition, among the typical readers group shorter response times were significantly recorded for the compatible items compared to non-compatible items. Such differences in response times were not observed among the poor readers. The results support the assumption that poor orthographic learning among poor readers could be associated with inefficient statistical learning capacities.
{"title":"Differences in Detecting Statistical Visual Regularities between Typical and Poor Readers","authors":"H. Taha","doi":"10.1080/02702711.2023.2179143","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02702711.2023.2179143","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The capacities of detecting visual regularities were tested among twenty typical (age 11.1 ±.32), and twenty poor (age 11.03 ±.28) native-Arab readers. Two stages were implemented, passive exposure to visual regularities and forced decision task. In the first stage, the participants were passively presented with four shapes; each shape was displayed with unique invariant features, which present the regularities of the shape in addition to variant features. In the second stage, the participants were presented with forced decision task and were asked to make an acceptance or rejection of presented 160 shapes according to their own preferences regarding the shapes familiarity. Eighty of the presented shapes were compatible with the visual regularities as was presented in the passive learning stage where the other shapes presented the non-compatible condition. The results indicated that typical readers showed significantly higher levels of true responses in the decision task. In addition, among the typical readers group shorter response times were significantly recorded for the compatible items compared to non-compatible items. Such differences in response times were not observed among the poor readers. The results support the assumption that poor orthographic learning among poor readers could be associated with inefficient statistical learning capacities.","PeriodicalId":46567,"journal":{"name":"Reading Psychology","volume":"44 1","pages":"604 - 622"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45795810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-23DOI: 10.1080/02702711.2023.2169798
R. Fields, Amy M. Elleman, Eric L. Oslund, Laura Clark, Collin Olson
Abstract Writing is a skill that has increased in significance for both researchers and classroom teachers due to changes in recent standards. Currently, many high school English Learners (ELs) are struggling to master this priority skill. A strategy that has been shown to be effective for adolescent writers is Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD). Although this strategy has been researched, it has yet to be studied with EL high school students. However, the most effective method for providing feedback is not clear. This study sought to investigate the effectiveness of SRSD with vocabulary enhancement compared to business as usual comparison group on quality and accuracy measures for EL adolescents. This study used an experimental, randomized control design using both researcher created and standardized measures. Results indicated that students in the treatment group significantly improved over the business as usual control group on all quality measures. A small effect (g = 0.35) for accuracy (i.e., grammar, punctuation, sentence level errors) was found for proximal measures of grammar, punctuation, and reduction of sentence level errors using a researcher created measure. A moderator analysis also indicated there was a statistically significant interaction between the treatment grouping variable and receptive vocabulary on accuracy.
{"title":"Effects of Adapted Self-Regulated Strategy Development for Second Language Adolescents","authors":"R. Fields, Amy M. Elleman, Eric L. Oslund, Laura Clark, Collin Olson","doi":"10.1080/02702711.2023.2169798","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/02702711.2023.2169798","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Writing is a skill that has increased in significance for both researchers and classroom teachers due to changes in recent standards. Currently, many high school English Learners (ELs) are struggling to master this priority skill. A strategy that has been shown to be effective for adolescent writers is Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD). Although this strategy has been researched, it has yet to be studied with EL high school students. However, the most effective method for providing feedback is not clear. This study sought to investigate the effectiveness of SRSD with vocabulary enhancement compared to business as usual comparison group on quality and accuracy measures for EL adolescents. This study used an experimental, randomized control design using both researcher created and standardized measures. Results indicated that students in the treatment group significantly improved over the business as usual control group on all quality measures. A small effect (g = 0.35) for accuracy (i.e., grammar, punctuation, sentence level errors) was found for proximal measures of grammar, punctuation, and reduction of sentence level errors using a researcher created measure. A moderator analysis also indicated there was a statistically significant interaction between the treatment grouping variable and receptive vocabulary on accuracy.","PeriodicalId":46567,"journal":{"name":"Reading Psychology","volume":"44 1","pages":"543 - 562"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2023-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45142965","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}