SRSD tools & books
Great teacher resources curated by Dr. Karen R. Harris.
Books & articles by SRSD Researchers

Design Principles for Teaching Effective Writing
Edited by Raquel Fidalgo (University of León), Karen R. Harris (Arizona State University), and Martine Braaksma (Education Council of the Netherlands). (2018)
Theoretical and Empirical Grounded Principles. This volume presents effective instructional programs focused on two perspectives on writing: the teaching and learning of writing as a skill and the use of writing as a learning activity in various school subjects or skills acquisition.
“I am so excited about this book because it is truly a multiple country, multiple lines of research contribution to the field of writing and learning and there’s no other book like it before. It is dedicated to those of us who care so much about not only learning to write but writing to learn.” – Dr. Karen Harris
Free companion E-chapter downloads with teacher materials
POW+TREE+TWA for Writing Persuasively from Source Text: Lesson Plans, Materials, and Tips
Karen R. Harris and Steve Graham
POW+TREE+TWA for Writing Persuasively from Source Text: Lesson Plans, Materials, and Tips
Karen R. Harris and Steve Graham
SRSD for RAFT Writing
Linda H. Mason and D. Paul Haspel
SRSD for RAFT Writing
Linda H. Mason and D. Paul Haspel
Dr. Karen Harris introduces the new book: DESIGN PRINCIPLES FOR TEACHING EFFECTIVE WRITING
Dr. Karen Harris introduces the new book: DESIGN PRINCIPLES FOR TEACHING EFFECTIVE WRITING
DESIGN PRINCIPLES FOR TEACHING EFFECTIVE WRITING
Edited by Raquel Fidalgo (University of León), Karen R. Harris (Arizona State University), and Martine Braaksma (Education Council of the Netherlands) (2018)
DESIGN PRINCIPLES FOR TEACHING EFFECTIVE WRITING
Edited by Raquel Fidalgo (University of León), Karen R. Harris (Arizona State University), and Martine Braaksma (Education Council of the Netherlands) (2018)

Powerful writing strategies for all students
Harris, K. R., Graham, S., Mason, L. H., & Friedlander, B. (2008).
This book includes a discussion of how and why to use SRSD for writing, followed by lesson plans for all of the strategies we had developed for elementary through high school students by 2008, as well as prompts and support materials for instruction. We are very excited to have this book available to teachers and parents, as it gives everything needed to use SRSD. Note, this book is less expensive at Amazon.com than it is from the publisher.

Building comprehension in adolescents: Powerful strategies for improving reading and writing in content areas.
Mason, L., Reid, R., Hagaman, J. (2012).
This book, like the book “Powerful writing strategies for all students”, comes complete with SRSD lesson plans and offers strategies proven to be effective in both reading and writing.

Teaching Secondary Students to Write Effectively
What Works Clearinghouse ™
Dr. Steve Graham, Warner Professor in the Division of Leadership and Innovation, Arizona State University, was the head of a panel of experts that assisted the What Works Clearinghouse in developing recommendations for its practice guide on effective writing for secondary students. These are the strategies taught by our new 6-12 & College Ready SRSD online courses.

Writing better: Teaching writing processes and self-regulation to students with learning problems.
Graham, S., & Harris, K. R. (2005).
This book provides detail on each strategy we have developed, how the strategies can be scaled down or scaled up for different students, and covers the SRSD approach. Strategies useful in elementary through high school are included.

Making the writing process work: Strategies for composition and self-regulation (2nd Ed.).
Harris, K., & Graham, S. (1996).
Karen and Steve’s original book, there is greater detail for teachers on how to implement SRSD and develop the self-regulation components here than in either of the other two books we have written. There are detailed chapters on preparing, implementing, and evaluating SRSD instruction.

Strategy instruction for students with learning disabilities(2nd Ed.).
Reid, R., Lienemann, T.O., & Hagaman, J. (2013).
This book covers a broad range of research on and application of strategies instruction, going beyond writing/reading. Although the title indicates students with LD, this book includes strategies that can be used will all students as needed.

It All Starts Here: Fixing Our National Writing Crisis From the Foundation
Steve Graham, Ed.D.
One of our nation’s senior writing researchers, Steve Graham, Ed.D., has identified strategies for teachers that have been proven to work according to evidence-based research.

Self-regulated strategy development in the classroom: Part of a balanced approach to writing instruction for students with disabilities
Harris, K.R., Graham. S., & Mason, L. (2003).
Focus on Exceptional Children, 35, 1-16. This article gives a detailed description of implementation of SRSD in one classroom.

Making it work: Differentiating tier two writing instruction with Self-Regulated Strategy Development in tandem with schoolwide positive behavioral support for second graders.
Sandmel, K, Brindle, M., Harris, K.R., Lane, K.L., Graham, S., Little, A., Nackel, J., & Mathias, R. (2009).
This article details how instruction was differentiated for three-second grade students with different behavioral and writing strengths and needs. Teaching Exceptional Children, 42, 22-33.
Online SRSD resources
ASCD DVD Teaching students with learning disabilities in the regular classroom
Using learning strategies Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (2002)
Project Write
Vanderbilt University Online description of SRSD stages of instruction
IRIS Center at Vanderbilt University
Online interactive SRSD tutorial SRSD: Using Learning Strategies To Enhance Student Learning
Spanish version
Usar las estrategias de aprendizaje
D. University of Nebraska – Lincoln
Dr. Bob Reid’s website on strategy instruction: Excellent overview of SRSD development stages
Teacher run SRSD Websites
Teaching in the Middle
SRSD Videos & Lessons
Using SRSD in Math Problem Solving
Oodles of Teaching Fun Tennessee
SRSD resources website with Poster, Graphic organizers, videos and links
Tennessee Video on POW + TIDE 1st grade
49 minutes of video
Pitner’s Potpourri
SRSD Clip art
EDUCATOR STORIES
1000’s of teachers are experiencing unprecedented writing and excelled learning results using Self-Regulation Strategy Development (SRSD). Additionally, SRSD success is cumulative and achieves generalization to other disciplines. Here are just a handful of our SRSD stories.