Strategies for Struggling Writers

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Guilford Press, 1998 M01 1 - 244 páginas
Integrating the teaching of writing skills and writing processes, this book presents a collaborative approach to working with struggling writers in grades five through twelve, in both general and special education settings. Unlike purely process-oriented approaches, which hold that skills are acquired intuitively through writing and revising, strategic writing instruction sees the acquisition of key skills as integrally related to effective self-expression. Based on extensive research, the book describes how teachers and students can work together to develop writing strategies--thinking procedures for solving problems ranging from spelling a word correctly to planning a whole project. Illustrative case studies demonstrate how the co-construction and implementation of writing strategies can help students formulate and achieve their own personal writing goals. Integrating the teaching of writing skills and writing processes, this book presents a collaborative approach to working with struggling writers in grades five through twelve, in both general and special education settings. Unlike purely process-oriented approaches, which hold that skills are acquired intuitively through writing and revising, strategic writing instruction sees the acquisition of key skills as integrally related to effective self-expression. Based on extensive research, the book describes how teachers and students can work together to develop writing strategies--thinking procedures for solving problems ranging from spelling a word correctly to planning a whole project. Illustrative case studies demonstrate how the co-construction and implementation of writing strategies can help students formulate and achieve their own personal writing goals.
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Acquisition and Learning and Writing Instruction
1
Strategies and Performances
24
Teaching Writing Strategies
45
Writing Strategies Are Not Formulas But Formulas Can Be Used Strategically
76
Writing Development and Default Writing Strategies
109
Bringing Together Old and New Writing Strategies
137
Adapting Strategic Writing Instruction to Particular Contexts
184
Strategies Identity and Resistance
207
References
225
Author Index
236
Subject Index
239
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James L. Collins, EdD, State University of New York at Buffalo

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