Using Direct Instruction to Integrate Reading and Writing for Students With Learning Disabilities

An increasing interest in the connections between reading and writing has resulted in new research in the past decade. The research on effective strategies for teaching reading comprehension and written composition of narrative and expository text and on strategies for integrating reading and writing is reviewed. After each research review, a set of teaching guidelines is provided. An argument is made for teaching reading and writing as connected processes that have many similar structures.