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This authoritative volume synthesizes current knowledge on writing development in children and adolescents and the processes underlying successful learning and teaching. The most comprehensive work of its kind, the volume encompasses both cognitive and sociocultural perspectives. Leading investigators present salient theoretical models; describe cutting-edge research methodologies and analytic tools; summarize available data on the effectiveness of major instructional approaches; and identify key directions for future research. Emphasizing the importance of supporting all students' writing development, the book includes a special section on cultural diversity, gender, special education, and bilingual learners.

Charles A. MacArthur, PhD, is Professor of Special Education in the School of Education at the University of Delaware. His major research interests include understanding writing development and difficulties, designing instruction for struggling writers, applying technology to support reading and writing, and understanding learning processes in inclusive classrooms. He is currently principal investigator of a federally funded research project investigating instruction in decoding and spelling for adult basic education students. He is editor of the [i]Journal of Special Education[/i].

Steve Graham, EdD, is the Curry Ingram Professor in the Peabody College of Education and Human Development at Vanderbilt University. His research has focused on identifying the factors that contribute to writing development and writing difficulties, developing and validating effective instructional procedures for struggling writers, and using technology to enhance writing performance. He is the former editor of [i]Contemporary Educational Psychology[/i] and the current editor of [i]Exceptional Children[/i]. He is also the author, with Karen R. Harris, of [i]Writing Better[/i] and [i]Making the Writing Process Work[/i], and the coeditor, with H. Lee Swanson and Karen R. Harris, of the [i]Handbook of Learning Disabilities[/i].

Jill Fitzgerald, PhD, is Associate Dean and Professor of Literacy Studies at the University of North Carolina/n-/Chapel Hill, where she has taught since 1979. Her primary research interests include literacy issues for multilingual learners and early literacy development in relation to literacy instruction reform efforts. She has received the American Educational Research Association's Outstanding Review of Research Award and (with George Noblit) the International Reading Association's Dina Feitelson Award for Research. She currently serves on the editorial boards of the [i]Journal of Educational Psychology[/i], [i]Reading Research Quarterly[/i], and [i]Contemporary Educational Psychology[/i].

Introduction

1

(10)

Charles A. MacArthur

Steve Graham

Jill Fitzgerald

PART I. THEORIES AND MODELS OF WRITING

The Social and Historical Context for Writing Research

11

(17)

Martin Nystrand

New Directions in Writing Theory

28

(13)

John R. Hayes

Writing Process Theory: A Functional Dynamic Approach

41

(13)

Gert Rijlaarsdam

Huub van den Bergh

A Sociocultural Theory of Writing

54

(13)

Paul Prior

The Processing Demands of Writing

67

(16)

Mark Torrance

David Galbraith

PART II. WRITING DEVELOPMENT

The Emergence of Writing

83

(13)

Liliana Tolchinsky

Implications of Advancements in Brain Research and Technology for Writing Development, Writing Instruction, and Educational Evolution

96

(19)

Virginia W. Berninger

William D. Winn

Cognitive Factors in the Development of Children's Writing

115

(16)

Deborah McCutchen

Children's Understanding of Genre and Writing Development

131

(13)

Carol A. Donovan

Laura B. Smolkin

Motivation and Writing

144

(14)

Suzanne Hidi

Pietro Boscolo

Self-Efficacy Beliefs and Motivation in Writing Development

158

(13)

Frank Pajares

Gio Valiante

Relations among Oral Language, Reading, and Writing Development

171

(16)

Timothy Shanahan

PART III. INSTRUCTIONAL MODELS AND APPROACHES

Strategy Instruction and the Teaching of Writing: A Meta-Analysis

187

(21)

Steve Graham

Tenets of Sociocultural Theory in Writing Instruction Research

208

(14)

Carol Sue Englert

Troy V. Mariage

Kailonnie Dunsmore

Response to Writing

222

(13)

Richard Beach

Tom Friedrich

Writing to Learn: How Alternative Theories of School Writing Account for Student Performance

235

(13)

George E. Newell

The Effects of New Technologies on Writing and Writing Processes

248

(15)

Charles A. MacArthur

``I Guess I'd Better Watch My English'': Grammars and the Teaching of the English Language Arts

263

(12)

Michael W. Smith

Julie Cheville

George Hillocks, Jr.

The Process Approach to Writing Instruction: Examining Its Effectiveness

275

(18)

Ruie J. Pritchard

Ronald L. Honeycutt

PART IV. WRITING AND SPECIAL POPULATIONS

Teaching Writing in Culturally Diverse Classrooms

293

(18)

Arnetha F. Ball

Influence of Gender on Writing Development

311

(13)

Shelley Peterson

Writing Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities

324

(13)

Gary A. Troia

Multilingual Writing in Preschool through 12th Grade: The Last 15 Years

337

(20)

Jill Fitzgerald

PART V. METHODOLOGY AND ANALYTIC TOOLS

Qualitative Research on Writing

357

(17)

Katherine Schultz

Statistical Analysis for Field Experiments and Longitudinal Data in Writing Research

374

(12)

Robert D. Abbott

Dagmar Amtmann

Jeff Munson

Text Structure as a Window on the Cognition of Writing: How Text Analysis Provides Insights in Writing Products and Writing Processes

386

(17)

Ted J. M. Sanders

Joost Schilperoord

Applications of Computers in Assessment and Analysis of Writing

403

(14)

Mark D. Shermis

Jill Burstein

Claudia Leacock

Writing Assessment: A Techno-History

417

(16)

Brian Huot

Michael Neal

What Does Reading Have to Tell Us about Writing?: Preliminary Questions and Methodological Challenges in Examining the Neurobiological Foundations of Writing and Writing Disabilities

433

(16)

Kenneth R. Pugh

Stephen J. Frost

Rebecca Sandak

Margie Gillis

Dina Moore

Annette R. Jenner

W. Einar Mencl

Author Index

449

(11)

Subject Index

460

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