Read the following articles:
Fink, R. (2017). Rap and technology teach the art of argument. Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal 15(1), 39-53
Mason, L.H., Harris, K.R., & Graham. S. (2011). Self-Regulated strategy development for students with writing difficulties. Theory
Into Practice, 50, 20–27. doi: 10.1080/00405841.2011.534922
Fink (2017) highlights-1.pdf Download Fink (2017) highlights-1.pdf
Mason et al. (2011) highlights-1.pdfDownload Mason et al. (2011) highlights-1.
After reading the articles, respond to the following list of items and post to the assignment drop box under assignment 4
1. What were your key takeaways about specific learning disabilities in writing?
2. How can students with learning disabilities learn the complex skills of persuasive argument writing as discussed by Link (2017)?
3. What are some innovative approaches that can be used to improve the writing skills of students as noted by Link (2017)?
4. Discuss a general universal writing strategy that can be used with multiple genres described by Mason et al. (2011).
5. Discuss the example of an informational text strategy that was found to be effective for students with learning disabilities noted by Mason et al. (2011)
6. Mason et al. (2011) discussed SCAN: what is it?