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Annamary Consalvo, Editor; Ann D. David, Editor – Teachers College Press, 2024
Writing instruction is a particular challenge because there is no singular, linear solution to teaching students to write well. This book approaches writing as a wicked problem that takes place in complicated contexts. Through both scholarly research and teacher reflection, it examines ELA classrooms and the experiences of writing teachers to…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Teaching Methods, English Instruction, Language Arts
Beck, Sarah – Teachers College Press, 2018
The think-aloud approach to classroom writing assessment is designed to expand teachers' perspectives on adolescent students as writers and help them integrate instruction and assessment in a timely way. Emphasizing learning over evaluation, it is especially well-suited to revealing students' strengths and helping them overcome common challenges…
Descriptors: Protocol Analysis, Skill Analysis, Writing Skills, Writing Evaluation
Saddler, Bruce – Guilford Publications, 2012
This practical book provides explicit directions for teaching sentence-level skills to students who have difficulties in this area. The author explains the key role of sentence combining in the writing process and presents effective techniques for instruction and assessment. Numerous sample lessons, practice activities, planning tips, and…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Questionnaires, Writing Processes, Teaching Guides
DeVoss, Danielle Nicole; Eidman-Aadahl, Elyse; Hicks, Troy – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2010
As many teachers know, students may be adept at text messaging and communicating online but do not know how to craft a basic essay. In the classroom, students are increasingly required to create web-based or multi-media productions that also include writing. Since writing in and for the online realm often defies standard writing conventions, this…
Descriptors: Writing Processes, Writing Skills, Technology Integration, Computer Assisted Instruction
Bahls, Patrick – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2012
The book introduces readers in the often-overlooked math-related fields to the ideas of writing-to-learn (WTL) and writing in the disciplines (WID). It offers a guide to the pedagogy of writing in the mathematical sciences, and gives theoretically grounded means by which writing can be used to help undergraduate students to understand mathematical…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Curriculum, Mathematical Concepts, College Faculty
Grigorenko, Elena L., Ed.; Mambrino, Elisa, Ed.; Preiss, David D., Ed. – Psychology Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
This book captures the diversity and richness of writing as it relates to different forms of abilities, skills, competencies, and expertise. Psychologists, educators, researchers, and practitioners in neighboring areas are interested in exploring how writing develops and in what manner this development can be fostered, but they lack a handy,…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Written Language, Literacy, Child Development
Fiderer, Adele – 1993
This book has an easy-to-follow-format. It supports teachers through six workshops by sharing specific strategies, procedures, and materials that worked best for students and teachers in classroom writing workshops. The book discusses the routines that helped organize and support a workshop; and presents strategies for anecdotal record-keeping,…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Education, Teaching Methods, Writing Evaluation
Freeman, Marcia S. – 1999
Designed to create and maintain an effective classroom writing workshop, this book explains how to teach young writers style and genre characteristics, composing skills, conventions, and the many aspects of the writing process itself. The second edition includes more information, models, and examples in the expository genre, as well as elaborating…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Poetry, Portfolio Assessment, Process Approach (Writing)
Forney, Melissa – 1996
Designed to help teachers empower students to become thinkers, writers, and especially authors, this book helps teachers develop a writer's mindset in grades 2-6 students. It supports and guides teachers from the week before school through the spring Young Author's Conference that recognizes writing achievement. Chapters in the book are: (1) Kids…
Descriptors: Childrens Writing, Class Activities, Elementary Education, Student Empowerment
Judy, Stephen N.; Judy, Susan J. – 1981
Intended for writing instructors at all educational levels, the chapters in this collection discuss the philosophy and principles of the teaching of writing in an effort to capitalize on the current public interest in writing. Chapter topics are (1) the basics of teaching writing; (2) teaching the composing process; (3) writing assignments and…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, English Curriculum, Interdisciplinary Approach
Chew, Charles R., Ed.; Schlawin, Sheila A., Ed. – 1983
Intended for teachers and administrators, this collection of essays focuses on the dual meaning of practice--practice of writing skills, and teaching practices in composition instruction. The process section focuses on the types of activities that build composition skills. The product and program sections shift focus to professional practice, the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Peer Evaluation, Program Development, Program Evaluation
Knoblauch, C. H.; Brannon, Lil – 1984
Following an introduction by James Britton, this book discusses the attitudes and values giving rise to effective writing instruction. The seven chapters examine the following topics: (1) achieving a philosophical perspective on composing through awareness of how writers actually work; (2) assumptions underlying classical rhetoric; (3) writing as…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Higher Education, Intellectual History, Learning Theories
Haley-James, Shirley M., Ed. – 1981
Summarizing the best current thinking about what classroom approaches produce sound writing experiences in the first eight grades, this book offers teachers a means of checking on their own practices and perceptions about how writing can best be learned. The first chapter of the book presents a historical review of authoritative opinion regarding…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, National Surveys, Program Descriptions
Johnston, Brian – 1983
As a result of research showing that students are more motivated when English teachers avoid grades and marks, this book focuses on ways to involve students in the assessment process. The book covers the following topics: learning and reflection, students controlling language, the purpose of assessment, assessing students' relationship to the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Nongraded Student Evaluation, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Student Evaluation
Latham, Dorothy – 2002
This book outlines the processes involved when children learn to write, and it shows how certain strategies can improve children's progress in writing. Dealing with the age range 3-13, the book addresses issues of the gender gap, children with English as an additional language, and left-handedness. It includes ideas for assessment of writing. It…
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, British National Curriculum, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education
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