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de Abreu Malpique, Anabela; Valcan, Debora; Pino-Pasternak, Deborah; Ledger, Susan – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2023
Providing adequate writing instruction and practice in schools is an essential cornerstone of writing development and it affords a diagnostic approach for teachers. But what writing instruction is being practiced in Australian primary schools? The aim of this study was to survey a sample of teachers (n = 310) about their instructional practices…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Educational Practices
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Gabas, Clariebelle; Wood, Carla; Cabell, Sonia Q. – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2022
Writing is essential for communication in literate societies, and its successful acquisition and development is central to academic achievement. Beginning in early childhood, preschool-age children gradually develop componential skills within the domains of handwriting, spelling, and composing that ultimately enable them to translate thoughts and…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Teacher Student Relationship, Emergent Literacy, Preschool Children
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Brindle, Mary; Graham, Steve; Harris, Karen R.; Hebert, Michael – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2016
A random sample of teachers in grades 3 and 4 (N = 157) from across the United States were surveyed about their use of evidence-based writing practices, preparation to teach writing, and beliefs about writing. Teachers' beliefs included their efficacy to teach writing, their orientations to teach writing, their attitude about teaching writing, and…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Grade 4, Elementary School Teachers, Classroom Techniques