Expert Interviews
Key Concepts in Alternating Worked Examples With Practice
Listen to Dr. Ken Koedinger talk about how alternating examples with practice improves students' problem-solving strategies.
Resources
Resources
Video
Key Concepts in Spacing Learning Over Time
Listen to Dr. Mark McDaniel discuss how spacing learning of material over time improves memory, and understand the optimal ways to space course materials.
Research
Teaching Elementary School Students to Be Effective Writers
This practice guide provides four recommendations for improving elementary students’ writing. Each recommendation includes implementation steps and solutions for common roadblocks. The recommendations also summarize and rate supporting evidence. This guide is geared toward teachers, literacy coaches, and other educators who want to improve the writing of their elementary students.
Audio Interviews
Writing Every Day in Every Class
A member of the IES Expert Panel describes the importance of daily writing time.
Classroom Materials
Writing Buddies
An important part of the writing process is sharing. Having students regularly share their writing with one another in a format such as Writing Buddies is one way to encourage daily sharing and peer revising. This sample material can help teachers learn how to implement Writing Buddies in their classrooms.
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Classroom Video
Writing Buddies Using the Writing Process
Watch teachers show how they use "Writing Buddies" as a way for their students to help each other brainstorm and revise. Writing Buddies learn how to ask one another questions to think about ways to improve their writing. To learn more about implementing Writing Buddies in the Writer's Workshop, view the related sample materials.
Classroom Materials
Writing Conference Sheet
As part of the Writer's Workshop model, teachers conference with individual students as they share their writing at different stages of the writing process. This sample material gives some ideas for specific areas in which teachers can evaluate student progress in their writing and discuss ideas for revision with their students.
Audio Interviews
Understanding the Purpose of What You’re Writing
Listen to a member of the IES Panel discuss how teachers can look for opportunities for students to write to inform, persuade, or convey experience.
Classroom Video
Teaching Writing Strategies
Teachers describe the strategies they teach their students to help them learn the writing process.
Overviews
Teaching Students to Use the Writing Process for a Variety of Purposes
The focus of this recommended practice is that strong writing involves following a process in which writers (1) plan, (2) draft, (3) share, (4) evaluate, (5) revise, (6) edit, and (7) publish a text for a particular purpose and audience.