Instruction and assessment for struggling writers : evidence-based practices

Summary: This book focuses on how to provide effective instruction to K-12 students who find writing challenging, including English language learners and those with learning disabilities or impairments. Topics include writing workshop instruction, strategies to support the writing process, motivation, and self-regulation, classroom technologies, spelling instruction for diverse learners, and assessment approaches.

Record details

ISBN: 1593859929 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9781593859923 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9781606239070
Physical Description: print
xi, 401 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Edition: Paperback ed., 2010.
Publisher: New York : Guilford Press, c2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Multiple processes that matter in writing instruction and assessment / Virginia W. Berninger, Noelia P. Garcia, and Robert D. Abbott -- Self-efficacy and procrastination in the writing of students with learning disabilities / Robert M. Klassen and Christine Welton -- The effects of writing workshop instruction on the performance and motivation of good and poor writers / Gary A. Troia ... [et al.] -- Connecting reading and writing instruction for struggling learners / Timothy Shanahan -- Informational writing across the curriculum / Carol Sue Englert, Cynthia M. Okolo, and Troy V. Mariage -- Teaching composing to students with learning disabilities : scientifically supported recommendations / Steve Graham, Natalie G. Olinghouse, and Karen R. Harris -- Written composition instruction and intervention for students with language impairment / Nickola W. Nelson, Froma P. Roth, and Adelia M. Van Meter -- Teaching written expression to culturally and linguistically diverse learners / Anne W. Graves and Robert Rueda -- Using technology to teach composing to struggling writers / Charles A. MacArthur -- Teaching spelling to students with language and learning disabilities / Louisa C. Moats -- Spelling and English language learning / Pauline B. Low and Linda S. Siegel -- Classroom portfolio assessment for writing / Maryl Gearhart -- Assessment of student writing with curriculum-based measurement / Betty J. Benson and Heather M. Campbell -- Language-based assessment of written expression / Cheryl M. Scott.