Bernice Y. L. Wong|Deborah L. Butler|Sheryl A. Ficzere|Sonia Kuperis
Teaching Low Achievers and Students with Learning Disabilities to Plan, Write, and Revise Opinion Essays
Simon Fraser University|University of British Columbia|Simon Fraser University
total 38 problem learners comprising adolescents learning disabilities low achievers participated study 20 untrained control participants remainder trained plan write revise opinion essays trainees randomly divided pairs taught collaboratively use interactive dialogues plan revise essays wrote essays separately results multivariate analyses variance manovas effect sizes indicated trainees improved significantly pretest posttest clarity cogency written opinion essays maintained gains additional analyses indicated surpassed untrained control group questionnaire data indicated trainees improved selfefficacy writing finding held true comparison untrained participants discussion integrates trainees performance data questionnaire data considers research implications limitations study