Best Practices in Writing Instruction, First Edition (Solving Problems in Teaching of Literacy) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1593854331 ISBN 13: 9781593854331

Publisher: Guilford Press, 2007

Synopsis

Highly practical and accessible, this indispensable book provides clear-cut strategies for improving K–12 writing instruction. The contributors are leading authorities who 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. Focusing on everyday applications of current scientific research, the book features many illustrative case examples and vignettes.

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About the Author

Edited by Steve Graham, EdD, Peabody College of Education, Vanderbilt University, USA; Charles A. MacArthur, PhD, School of Education, University of Delaware, USA and Jill Fitzgerald, PhD, School of Education, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA.

Edition details

• Publisher: Guilford Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1593854331
• ISBN 13: 9781593854331
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 340
• Editor: Graham Steve, MacArthur Charles A., Fitzgerald Jill