Best Practices in Writing Instruction (Solving Problems In Teaching Of Literacy)
Contributors: Steve Graham (Editor); Charles A. MacArthur (Editor); Jill Fitzgerald (Editor)
Publisher: The Guilford Press; Guilford Press
Published: February 23, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9781593854324
Subjects: Education; Methods Of Instruction And Study (General); Study And Teaching Of Specific Subjects; Language Arts & Disciplines; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Language; Literacy; Language Arts & Disciplines / Literacy; Composition & Creative Writing - General; Study & Teaching; Composition and exercises; English language; Study and teaching (Elementary); Study and teaching (Secondary)
Description: Provides strategies for improving K-12 writing instruction. The contributors demonstrate proven ways to teach different aspects of writing, with chapters on planning, revision, sentence construction, handwriting, spelling, and motivation. The use of the Internet in instruction is addressed, and exemplary approaches to teaching English-language learners and students with special needs are discussed. The book also offers best-practice guidelines for designing an effective writing program. --from publisher description.