The Research and Practice Library is a collection of resources collated by PEBC. In this library you will find links to useful articles, books and research. Use the links to the left to navigate the library.
Harris, K.R., Graham, S., & Mason, L.H. (2003). Self-Regulated Strategy Development in the classroom: Part of a balanced approach to writing instruction for students with disabilities. Focus on Exceptional Children, 35(7), 1-16. In this article, Harris, Graham, and Mason discuss Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD), a writing intervention that targets students with learning disabilities. These researchers [...]
Graham, S. & Harris, K. (2005). Writing better: Effective strategies for teaching students with learning difficulties. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing. In this book, Graham and Harris provide an extensive discussion of their writing intervention, Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD). These researchers include detailed information about the intervention itself, as well as guidelines for using SRSD [...]
Friedlander, B., Graham, S., Harris, K., & Mason, L. (2008). Powerful writing strategies for all students. Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brookes Publishing. This book focuses on Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD), an intervention for struggling writers. Intended to serve as a follow-up to the researchers’ earlier book, it is a practical guide on implementing SRSD in elementary [...]
Harris, K., & Graham, S. (1996). Making the writing process work: Strategies for composition and self-regulation (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Brookline Books. In this book, Graham and Harris outline their intervention, Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD). They discuss the cognitive strategies involved in SRSD. The researchers also talk about how to plan, implement, and test this writing [...]
Graham, S., & Harris, K. (2007). LD Talk: LD and written expression Graham and Harris discuss their writing intervention, Self-Regulated Strategy Development, in an online discussion. The National Center for Learning Disabilities hosts this discussion on their website, which is recorded as an LD Talk script. Click here to access the script
Harris, K. R. (2000, October). Socrates died from an overdose of wedlock: Research on self-regulated strategy development in writing. Presented at Vanderbilt University. Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD) is an intervention designed to help students become independent and successful writers. In this presentation, Karen Harris provides an overview of the program and shares related research findings. [...]
Jordan, G.E., Snow, C.E., & Porche, M.V. (2000). Project EASE: The effect of a family literacy project on kindergarten students’ early literacy skills. Reading Research Quarterly, 35, 524–546. Jordan, Snow, and Porche conducted an intervention with kindergartners and their families. Over the course of a year, they provided a variety of programming (e.g., educational meetings, [...]
Zhang, S., & Duke, N. K. (Submitted). The impact of instruction in the WWWDOT approach to improving students’ evaluation of websites. In this study, researchers conducted an experiment to evaluate the impact of an intervention called WWWDOT. The purpose of the intervention is to help students improve their awareness of and ability to critically evaluate [...]
Strategic Education Research Project (SERP) – S. Donovan, Executive Director According to their website, Strategic Education Research Partnership (SERP) is “a program of ‘use-inspired’ research, development and ultimately, the mobilization of proven practices” (Strategic Education Research Partnership, 2009, paragraph 1). This organization emphasizes student achievement and its related practices, and they regularly use classrooms as [...]
