author identity – Strategic & Interactive Writing Instruction (SIWI)

“We are authors”: A qualitative analysis of deaf students writing during one year of Strategic and Interactive Writing (SIWI)

Dostal, H., Bowers, L., Wolbers, K., & Gabriel, R. (2015). “We are authors”: A qualitative analysis of deaf students writing during one year of Strategic and Interactive Writing (SIWI). The Review of Disability Studies: An international journal, 11(2), 1-19.

Tags: audience/purpose, author identity, motivation

This article expands on prior Strategic and Interactive Writing Instruction (SIWI) research by examining students’ development as writers. Findings from a qualitative analysis of the writing development of 20 middle-school deaf and hard of hearing students over one year of instruction is reported. Implications and future directions are discussed.

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