Self–regulated strategy development (SRSD) is an instructional framework considered to be an evidence–based practice in writing. In this article, SRSD's foundations and structure is briefly described. Then, the authors provide a summary of studies of SRSD applied across content areas, including writing, reading, mathematics, science, and social studies along with an introduction to the special issue.
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