Handbook of writing research / edited by Charles A. MacArthur, Steve Graham, and Jill Fitzgerald.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Charles A. MacArthur, Steve Graham and Jill Fitzgerald -- 1. The social and historical context for writing research / Martin Nystrand -- 2. New directions in writing theory / John R. Hayes -- 3. Writing process theory : a functional dynamic approach / Gert Rijlaarsdam and Huub van den Bergh -- 4. A sociocultural theory of writing / Paul Prior -- 5. The processing demands of writing / Mark Torrance and David Galbraith -- 6. The emergence of writing / Liliana Tolchinsky -- 7. Implications of advancements in brain research and technology for writing development, writing instruction, and educational evolution / Virginia W. Berninger and William D. Winn -- 8. Cognitive factors in the development of children's writing / Deborah McCutchen -- 9. Children's understanding of genre and writing development / Carol A. Donovan and Laura B. Smolkin -- 10. Motivation and writing / Suzanne Hidi and Pietro Boscolo -- 11. Self-efficacy beliefs and motivation in writing development / Frnk Pajares and Gio Valiante -- 12. Relations among oral language, reading, and writing development / Timothy Shanahan -- 13. Strategy instruction and the teaching of writing : a meta-analysis / Steve Graham -- 14. Tenets of sociocultural theory in writing instruction research / Carol Sue Englert, Troy V. Mariage and Kailonnie Dunsmore -- 15. Response to writing / Richard Beach and Tom Friedrich -- 16. Writing to learn : how alternative theories of school writing account for student performance / George E. Newell -- 17. The effects of new technologies on writing and writing processes / Charles A. MacArthur -- 18. "I guess I'd better watch my English" : grammars and the teaching of the English language arts / Michael W. Smith, Julie Cheville and George Hillocks, Jr. -- 19. The process approach to writing instruction : examining its effectiveness / Ruie J. Pritchard and Ronald L. Honeycutt -- 20. Teaching writing in culturally diverse classrooms / Arnetha F. Ball -- 21. Influence of gender on writing development / Shelley Peterson -- 22. Writing instruction for students with learning disabilities / Gary A. Troia -- 23. Multilingual writing in preschool through 12th grade : the last 15 years / Jill Fitzgerald -- 24. Qualitative research on writing / Katherine Schultz -- 25. Statistical analysis for field experiments and longitudinal data in writing research / Robert D. Abbott, Dagmar Amtmann and Jeff Munson -- 26. Text structure as a window on the cognition of writing : how text analysis provides insights in writing products and writing processes / Ted J. M. Sanders and Joost Schilperoord -- 27. Applications of computers in assessment and analysis of writing / Mark D. Shermis, Jill Burstein and Claudia Leacock -- 28. Writing assessment : a techno-history / Brian Huot and Michael Neal -- 29. What does reading have to tell us about writing? : preliminary questions and methodological challenges in examining the neurobiological foundations of writing and writing disabilities / Kenneth R. Pugh, Stephen J. Frost, Rebecca Sandak, Margie Gillis, Dina Moore, Annette R. Jenner and W. Einar Mencl.

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