Written expression and educational special needs. One investigation line in psychodidactic

Abstract

In this paper a research trend is described. It is aimed at analyzing the written composition of pupils with special educational needs. Two issues are concerned: 1) Cognitive and metacognitive processes and attitude toward writing; 2) Text structures both at macro and micro-level. Research being of exploratory and qualitative nature, in its design essential questions about written composition are posed. In the methodology it will get together qualitative techniques and quantitative analyses. Results from research can contribute to the succes of teaching: 1) validating theoretical approaches; 2) suggesting new specified goals and strategies for teaching.