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Direct linkZvirzdin, Jamie – Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023
In "Subatomic Writing," Johns Hopkins University instructor Jamie Zvirzdin goes bravely into uncharted territory by offering a totally new kind of guide for writing about science--from the subatomic level up! "Subatomic Writing" teaches readers that the building blocks of language are like particles in physics. These particles,…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Science Education, Language Usage, Acoustics
Smith, April – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2023
Schools need their writing instruction "simplified." Most classrooms share writing time with another subject, making it difficult for students to receive the direct writing instruction they need. Between the lack of time, increased gaps in writing skills, and inconsistent writing curriculum, teachers are struggling to bring their…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Direct Instruction, School Schedules, Writing Skills
The Better Writing Breakthrough: Connecting Student Thinking and Discussion to Inspire Great Writing
Dougherty, Eleanor; Billings, Laura; Roberts, Terry – ASCD, 2016
Every teacher knows the challenge of trying to engage reluctant readers and struggling writers--students whose typical response to a writing prompt is a few sentence fragments scribbled on a sheet of paper followed by an elaborate shrug of the shoulders. The best way to engage less confident readers and writers is to give them something powerful…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Thinking Skills, Teaching Methods, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textGere, Anne Ruggles, Ed. – 1985
Written by teachers, the chapters in this book show how writing fosters learning in math, science, English, social studies, foreign language, philosophy, psychology, and art. Following an introduction by Anne Ruggles Gere, the first chapter, "Writing to Learn: The Nurse Log Classroom," by Steve Pearse, presents a comprehensive overview…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Content Area Writing, Education, Instruction
Michaelson, Herbert B. – 1990
This book discusses the updated methods of technical communication and the recent trends in the field of engineering. The first three chapters discuss the motivations and objectives of communication. Chapters 4 through 17 explain in detail the techniques of planning and writing engineering documents. Later chapters deal with matters of publication…
Descriptors: College Science, Content Area Writing, Desktop Publishing, Engineering Education
Moore, Helen H.; Smith, Carl B. – 1999
Written for students in grades 3 and up, this book helps students write or present a report that will make a lasting impression. It offers detailed information on choosing interesting topics, using resources, taking effective notes, creating outlines, writing paragraphs, revising and editing, and publishing or presenting a report flawlessly.…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Editing, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Mayher, John S.; And Others – 1983
Attempting to place in an American context many of the ideas about the teaching of writing that were first developed in England, this book contains contributions from internationally prominent teachers/scholars who attended the New York University-CBS Sunrise Semester course on learning to write and writing to learn. The text also reflects the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Content Area Writing, Creative Writing, Elementary Secondary Education
Newkirk, Thomas, Ed. – 1985
The twelve essays in this collection, selected by leading teacher educators, explore the composition process and composition instruction. The first essay, "Toward Righting Writing" by Arthur Diagon, serves as a prologue while the second section, "getting started," consists of "A Way of Writing" by William Stafford,…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Expository Writing, High Schools, Literature Appreciation
Hatton, Sharon Crawford; Ladd, Pam Leneave – 2002
Idea development is a concrete skill that can be taught in a systematic way. This step-by-step guidebook provides educators in all content areas with the tools they need to help students think more critically and write with more fully developed ideas. The guide (authored by instructors with the Kentucky Writing Program) offers the…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Content Area Writing, Critical Thinking
Young, Art, Ed.; Fulwiler, Toby, Ed. – 1986
The impact of a writing-across-the-curriculum program on the professional life of a single university department and on the pedagogical life of an entire campus community is the focus of this book. The essays in the first section explain writing across the curriculum and provide a context for collective writing research. This section demonstrates…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Classroom Techniques, Content Area Writing, Cooperation
Urquhart, Vicki – Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2005
Most educators intuitively understand the critical relationship between thinking and writing: writing allows us to express what we think, but the very act of writing spurs a process of exploration that changes our thinking and helps us learn. "Teaching Writing in the Content Areas" examines nearly 30 years of research to identify how teachers can…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Writing Processes, Writing Instruction, Writing (Composition)
Rothstein, Andrew S.; Rothstein, Evelyn; Lauber, Gerald – Corwin Press, 2006
This book presents teachers with easy-to-use strategies for engaging students in writing about subject area content. These strategies will help students build a rich vocabulary, gain a deeper understanding of concepts, make connections between ideas, and develop organized thinking processes. This updated edition offers: (1) A thorough discussion…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Writing Processes, Teaching Models, Content Area Writing
Graves, Donald H. – 1983
Intended to assist classroom teachers with promoting and improving children's writing, this book allows teachers to see other professionals and children solve problems that arise in the midst of both teaching and writing. In one sense it is a collection of workshops with the first part of the book emphasizing teacher activity and the second part…
Descriptors: Conferences, Content Area Writing, Elementary Education, Student Motivation
Walshe, R. D. – 1982
Noting the improvement that has occurred in the teaching of writing since the introduction of the process approach to instruction, this book offers suggestions for still more improvement and for solving the problems that arise in the teaching of writing. The first section of the book stresses the importance of letting children write and of…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Educational Theories, Elementary Education, Language Usage
Calkins, Lucy McCormick – 1986
Based on knowledge gleaned from eight years of research on children's writing development, this book focuses on the teaching of writing to children in the elementary school. The first section of the book deals with the essentials in teaching writing, and the establishment of a classroom that nurtures and supports growth in writing. The second…
Descriptors: Child Development, Classroom Environment, Content Area Writing, Creative Writing
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