Five effective strategies for improving children’s writing Workshop 1
Introduction National test results show that many children continue to struggle with writing One study* (a literature review) set out to find out which teaching strategies will help the most by working out the effect sizes of different strategies Take a moment to consider which strategies you think came out on top *Graham, S. & Perin, D. (2007) Writing next: Effective strategies to improve writing of adolescents in middle and high schools – A report to the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Washington, DC: Alliance for Excellent Education