Writing+Strategies+Approach+to+Writing+Overview

=Overview= Writing activities are not equivalent to writing strategies. WA ≠ WS Asking students to use the R.A.F.T. Writing to Improve Comprehension Strategy, the About/Point Writing to Improve Comprehension Strategy and the Read, Respond, Revisit, & Discuss to Improve Comprehension are not writing strategies but are writing activities designed to increase reading comprehension strategy.

When I have asked you to use those strategies this semester, I wanted you to think about what you read. In each strategy, you had to write sentences - did you ever wonder what you should I write?

According to Kiuhara, Graham, & Hawken (2009) "many youngsters in the United States do not develop the writing skills needed to be successful" (p. 136). Lawrence, Galloway, Yim & Lin's (2013) data suggested "that on a daily and weekly basis, students were provided with few opportunities to practice this analytical writing" (p. 159). Is there a correlation between the two research studies? I believe an educated person can understand the connection between practice and skill mastery. I do not think the solution is just to increase time spent writing in classrooms. I think students need to be taught how to think about writing; they need to be taught writing strategies.

Tasks
> 1. Watch a video by Dr. Derek Cabrera about **How Thinking Works** > 2. Remind yourself about Universal Design for Learning Principles > 3. Learn about Self-Regulated Strategy Development for poor writers (you will learn this as a universal design for writing in your classroom) > 4. Read //....// > 5. Use the strategies described above to explain a scientific concept (vocabulary word)


 * //Note: for your convenience, I have put these task on separate wikipages to limit your cognitive load//**

== Next up... Dr. Cabrera talks about **How Thinking Works**. Listen to his talk by clicking on the hiker. ==