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Welcome to Self-Regulation and Writing

A bit about me and why I created this website... I am a second year Master of Education student at Queens University where I have been...

Why should teachers teach children Self-Regulated Strategy Development?

This question is essential to this entire website. In order to explain the inherent and critical value in teaching this strategy to...

What makes Self-Regulated Strategy Development different from teaching Self-Regulation?

Here is the big question: what is the difference between self-regulation and self-regulated strategy development? I mean they both...

Writer's Workshops in the Classroom

What is this wonderful Writer's Workshop that everyone is talking about? I'm sure you have heard the mention of a Writer's Workshop,...

Book Review "Helping Young Writers Master the Craft: Strategy Instruction & Self Regulation

This is one of the initial books written by Karen Harris and Steve Graham in the early 1990's, when they first began to outline this...

SRSD Mentor Series (6 Part)

This is a new six-part mentor video series. The goal of this mentor series is to teach educators how to implement and integrate SRSD into...

A Classroom Using SRSD

After reading all this information about Self-Regulated Strategy Development and writing- how can I implement this strategy in my...

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What I'm Reading

This book by Lucy Calkins explains...

what a Writer's Workshop is
how and why to implement one in your classroom
student and teacher roles
benefits of a Writer's Workshop

Resource:

Calkins, L. (2006). A guide to the writing workshop. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann

Calkins, L. & Martinelli, M. (2006). Launching the writing workshop. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann

How to Teach Effective Writing

The Nuts and Bolts of Teaching Writing touches on several key aspects of writing including:

Writer's Workshops
conferencing with students
explicit literacy instruction
designing mini-lessons
supporting English Language Learners

Resource: Calkins, L. (2003). The nuts and bolts of teaching writing. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann

About the Creator of SRSD Karen Harris

Dr Karen Harris is an Educational Psychologist and special educator who has researched the development of learning strategies and self-regulation amongst elementary students with learning challenges (including those with learning disabilities and ADHD). She has more than 35 years of experience in the field of education, having worked as a general and special education teacher, and as the former editor of the Journal of Educational Psychology. Her extensive research has been on developing the Self-Regulated Strategy Development model of strategies instruction (focusing on writing), and practical application of these strategies. She is currently the Mary Emily Warner Professor (co-chair with Steve Graham) in the Division of Educational Leadership and Innovation at Arizona State University. (SRSD, 2017)

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