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Ensure students complete the full set of strategy-instruction lessons, since effects grow with dosage

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Evidence · 1 claim (1 for) · 1 study (1 causal), q3 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 1 claim rests on one study

Description

The article recommends that students complete the whole writing instruction program rather than only part of it, because the intervention effect was larger for students who finished all lessons. The authors state that "students will make more progress if they complete the whole program," noting this "can be achieved more easily when the implementation of Tekster is spread out over a longer period of time (e.g., one lesson a week), and/or if the program contained more lessons."

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • Scheduling that allows all planned lessons to be taught within the implementation period

Constraints

  • In this study teachers taught an average of 10 of the intended 16 lessons, so the overall ES was a conservative estimate

Target Learners

  • upper-elementary students receiving strategy-focused writing instruction

Learning Goals

  • improved writing quality through complete strategy instruction

Claims

  • Tekster Writing Instruction Program

Examples

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Key Sources

  • Bouwer, R., Koster, M., & van den Bergh, H. (2018). Effects of a Strategy-Focused Instructional Program on the Writing Quality of Upper Elementary Students in the Netherlands. Journal of Educational Psychology, 110(1), 58–71. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000206
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id ensure-full-program-completion-strategy-instruction
title Ensure students complete the full set of strategy-instruction lessons, since effects grow with dosage
description The article recommends that students complete the whole writing instruction program rather than only part of it, because the intervention effect was larger for students who finished all lessons.
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