"An important contribution to the scholarship on student writing and composition theory, this book presents a new approach to writing instruction based in linguistic research and theory. In this book, leading scholar James D. Williams explores the historical failures of composit…
"An important contribution to the scholarship on student writing and composition theory, this book presents a new approach to writing instruction based in linguistic research and theory. In this book, leading scholar James D. Williams explores the historical failures of composit…
"Don Murray's mission was to demystify writing by revealing as much as possible about the habits, processes, and practices of writers. This book carries on his work and shows the evolution of his thinking by collecting his most influential pieces as well as unpublished essays, e…
What we intend to do in this book is to explain, and exemplify, in a nuts-and-bolts way, what we are calling Scholarly Personal Narrative (SPN) writing.
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Handbook of writing research
Encompassing both cognitive and sociocultural perspectives, this text synthesises knowledge on writing development in children and adolescents and the processes underlying successful learning and teaching. It includes a section on cultural diversity, gender, special education an…
Handbook of writing research
by MacArthur, Charles A., Fitzgerald, Jill, Graham, Steven
"The definitive reference in the field, this volume synthesizes current knowledge on writing development and instruction at all grade levels. Prominent scholars examine numerous facets of writing from sociocultural, cognitive, linguistic, neuroscience, and new literacy/technolog…