Instruction and assessment for struggling writers : evidence-based practices / edited by Gary A. Troia.

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 language impairments. This work illuminates the nature of writing difficulties and offers suggestions for building students'...

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Other Authors: Troia, Gary A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Guilford Press, ©2009.
Series:Challenges in language and literacy.
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Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • 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 [and others]
  • 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.