1 week ago
By Ellie Sabel and Anna Beck Welcome to our third blog post! With summer vacation coming up and students getting ready to spend several months away from school, this post will discuss the importance of developing strong at-home literacy environments. We introduce support for at-home literacy practices and review several ways to increase literacy engagement …
2 months ago
Introduction Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD) is an evidence-based teaching approach that provides students with support to become more efficient writers and learners through self-regulation. SRSD applies to a variety of educational contexts, including different subject areas, classroom environments, and grade levels, making it applicable and accessible (Mason, Reid, Hagaman, 2012). SRSD is taught across multiple …
7 months ago
By Anna Beck and Dr. Courtney Hattan Introduction Welcome to our first blog post! We are the Writing Skills Development Program – an educational psychology lab focusing on the relationship between the development of writing skills and cognitive processes, and the efficacy of evidence-based writing strategies in students, Pre-K through 7th grade. We are currently …
7 months ago
The SRSD (Self-Regulated Strategy Development) Replication Project is a multi-year research initiative focused on improving writing instruction for 6th-grade English Language Arts (ELA) classrooms. The study, led by Dr. Stephen Hooper and Dr. Lara Costa, provides teachers with professional development on how to implement SRSD, a structured teaching model that helps students learn to plan, …