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x A focus on key approaches inherent in the teaching of writing such as explicit teaching of language; topic selection in narrative writing; planning writing using mnemonics; effective use of...
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Jul 12, 2021 · Writing is an essential but complex skill that students must master if they are to take full advantage of educational, occupational, and civic responsibilities. Schools, and the teachers who work in them, are tasked with teaching students how to write.
- Steve Graham, Steve Graham, Rui A. Alves
- 2021
- Require That Students Write Frequently
- Create A Supportive Classroom Where Students’ Writing Development Can Flourish
- Directly Teach Writing Skills, Strategies, and Knowledge
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The purpose of writing instruction is to teach students to write skillfully. We contend that this can only be accomplished if students write frequently. This viewpoint is evident in the classrooms of effective literacy teachers (Graham & Perin, 2007c) where students: 1. Write frequently across the curriculum. 2. Write for many different purposes (e...
Learning to write is an extremely challenging and demanding task. Kellogg’s (1987, 1993) research examining the mental effort involved in writing (at least for college students) showed that it approaches the level of effort expended by expert chess players involved in move selections. As a result, we think that it is important to develop a writing ...
Our earlier review of writing development from a cognitive/motivational perspective made it clear that improvements in writing skills, strategies, and knowledge serve as catalysts to students’ overall writing development. Again, this is recognized in the practices of highly effective literacy teachers (Graham & Perin, 2007c), as they: 1. Encourage ...
We hope you enjoy the papers in this special issue as much as we did. Any comments you have about them would be greatly appreciated and should be sent to Steve Graham.
- Stephen Graham, Amy Gillespie, Debra McKeown
- 2013
Jul 22, 2019 · Data analysis revealed that the participants highly value the proposal to teach academic writing a discipline-specific skill.
- El-Sadig Ezza
May 22, 2019 · It then examines how we can address these factors and change classroom writing practices for the better across the world by increasing pertinent stakeholders’ knowledge about writing, with the goal of developing and actualizing visions for writing instruction at the policy, school, and classroom levels.
- Steve Graham
- 2019
It is important that as an aspiring research writer, you too engage in the norms and conventions that define research in your field. This includes but is not limited to writing and publishing and involves any other form of communicating and disseminating your work.
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Nov 14, 2018 · In teaching writing, it is important to understand who writers are. Students must learn how writing works, and to help them achieve this, recognizing who writers are is essential. Four principles provide an overview of characteristics and concepts that contribute to the formation and development of writers.
