Teaching Expressive Writing to Students with Learning Disabilities: A Research Synthesis

Link to 'Teaching Expressive Writing to Students with Learning Disabilities: A Research Synthesis' by Russell Gersten, Ph.D., and Scott Baker, Ph.D. Eugene Research Institute, University of Oregon, with Lana Edwards, University of Oregon. The report synthesizes recent findings of research on expressive writing. Included in this research report, or meta-analysis, were 11 expressive writing group studies that enrolled a total of 436 children in grades three to nine. The express purpose of each of the studies reviewed was to teach students to be better writers.