Best Practices in Writing Instruction

Steve Graham and Charles A. MacArthur and Jill Fitzgerald

Best Practices in Writing Instruction

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.

Book of the Solving Problems in the Teaching of Literacy (Hardcover) series
Recommended for 5 to 17 year olds

  • ISBN: 1593854331
  • ISBN-13: 9781593854331
  • Editors : Steve Graham and Charles A. MacArthur and Jill Fitzgerald
  • Language : English
  • Format:  Hardcover
  • Publication Date: 2/1/2007
  • Publisher Imprint: Guilford Publications
  • Price ($AUD): $99.95

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