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Practices And Routines In Siwi Lessons That Develop Skills In Reading, Paulson A. Skerrit
Practices And Routines In Siwi Lessons That Develop Skills In Reading, Paulson A. Skerrit
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The average performance of Deaf and hard of hearing (D/hh) students on test of reading comprehension is several grade equivalents below their high school hearing peers. The reading-writing connection is one way to address the literacy challenges of D/hh learners. This study explored that connection in instruction that was driven with a high fidelity to the principles of Strategic Interactive Writing Instruction (SIWI). The data for this study came from two grade three classes involved in the second half of a Year II project that was part of a 3-year Institute of Education Sciences-funded project to develop SIWI for use …