David Coker

The purpose of this project is to revise and pilot test a first-grade writing program, called Writing Across Levels of Language (WALL). This project builds on the findings of an IES funded Exploration project (Investigating the Impact of Classroom Instruction and Literacy Skills on Writing Achievement in First Grade). First-grade students struggle with the demands of writing, making it difficult for them to meet most state writing standards. Students have been found to struggle with writing ...

Elementary schools generally, and first grade in particular, provide students with critical instruction in early literacy skills. This project is designed to explore how various types and amounts of reading and writing instruction are related to student writing outcomes in first grade and to examine whether the effects of instruction are moderated by students' incoming reading and writing skills and demographic characteristics (socioeconomic status). Research on early writing development an...