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

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Effective Learning and Teaching of Writing is a handbook on research on the effective teaching and learning of writing. It is a reference for researchers and educators in the domain of written composition in education. Effective Learning and Teaching of Writing covers all age ranges and school settings and it deals with various aspects of writing and text types. Research methodology varies from experimental studies to reflective classroom practitioners’ research. This new volume in the series Studies in Writing brings together researchers from all kinds of disciplines involved in writing research and countries in their endeavour to improve the teaching of written composition. It is the result of co-operation of researchers all over the world and shows that in spite of the differences in educational regions over the world, research in writing shares similar problems, and tries to find answers, and generate new questions. The body of knowledge in this volume will inspire researchers and teachers to improve research and practice. 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