Effective Learning and Teaching of Writing: A Handbook of Writing in Education

Front Matter....Pages I-X
Effective Learning and Teaching of Writing....Pages 1-16
Emergent Writing in Kindergarten and the Emergence of the Alphabetic Principle....Pages 17-30
Looking at Reading and Writing Through Language....Pages 31-46
Rewriting to Introduce Punctuation in the Second Grade: A Didactic Approach....Pages 47-58
Contextual Factors Enhancing Cognitive and Metacognitive Activity During the Process of Collaborative Writing....Pages 59-76
Metacognitive Regulations, Peer Interactions and Revision of Narratives by Sixth-Graders....Pages 77-89
The Directivity of Teacher Strategies in Collaborative Writing Tasks....Pages 91-103
Making Digital Annotations Using the World Wide Web....Pages 105-120
Popular Culture: A Resource for Writing In Secondary English Classrooms....Pages 121-130
The Garden of Thought - About Writing Poems in Upper Secondary School....Pages 131-140
Using a Structured Writing Workshop to Help Good Readers Who are Poor Writers....Pages 141-150
Deaf Ways of Writing Narratives: a Bilingual Approach....Pages 151-167
Stylistic Imitation as a Tool in Writing Pedagogy....Pages 169-179
Improving Arguentative Writing by Fostering Argumentative Speech....Pages 181-196
Monitoring Local Coherence Through Bridging Integration....Pages 197-208
Learning to Write Instructive Texts by Reader Observation and Written Feedback....Pages 209-240
Learning to Read and Write Argumentative Text by Observation of Peer Learners....Pages 241-258
The Uptake of Peer-Based Intervention in The Writing Classroom....Pages 259-274
Teaching Writing....Pages 275-289
Impact of Regular Philosophical Discussion on Argumentative Skills....Pages 291-304
Action Research....Pages 305-322
Teaching How to Write Argumentative Texts at Primary School....Pages 323-337
Teaching Writing — Teaching Oral Presentation....Pages 339-347
Writing to Learn: Constructing the Concept of Genre in a Writing Workshop....Pages 349-365
Writing “In Your Own Words”: Children’s Use of Information Sources in Research Projects....Pages 367-380
Metacognition to Learn How to Write Texts at School and to Develop Motivation to Do It....Pages 381-392
Fostering Novices’ Ability to Write Informative Texts....Pages 393-415
Adapting to The Classroom Setting: New Research on Teachers Moving Between Traditional And Computer Classrooms....Pages 417-426
Assessment of Argumentative Writing....Pages 427-442
Digital Information Literacy: Teaching Students to Use The Internet in Source-Based Writing....Pages 443-453
“Down The Plughole”: The Pitfalls of Testing The Writing of L2 Pupils....Pages 455-467
Composing A Summary....Pages 469-479
Enhancing Thinking Dispositions Through Informal Writing....Pages 481-497
Fostering Reflective Writing by Structuring Writing-To-Learn Tasks....Pages 499-517
Reflective Writing & Reflective Thinking....Pages 519-531
Writing-To-Learn: Conducting A Process Log....Pages 533-546
Learning by Writing Hypertext: A Research Based Design of University Courses in Writing Hypertext....Pages 547-559
The Effect of Student Prior Experience, Attitudes, and Approaches on Performance in An Undergraduate Science Writing Program....Pages 561-573
Children’s Writing Strategies: Profiles of Writers....Pages 574-586
Writing-To-Learn and Graph-Drawing as Aids of The Integration of Text and Graphs....Pages 587-597
Back Matter....Pages 599-669