Writing Instruction in the Intermediate Grades: What is Said, What is Done, What is Understood

This book provides insight into the interrelationship among students' writing, their thinking about their writing processes, and the language of instruction. It offers information on both common and diverse patterns of understanding among children experiencing the same instructional program and...

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Main Author Bright, Robin
Format Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Order Department, International Reading Association 1995
Subjects
Childrens Writing
Dialogic Communication
Instructional Effectiveness
Intermediate Grades
Language Role
Teacher Effectiveness
Teacher Student Relationship
Teaching Methods
Writing Improvement
Writing Instruction
Writing Processes
Writing Strategies
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Summary:This book provides insight into the interrelationship among students' writing, their thinking about their writing processes, and the language of instruction. It offers information on both common and diverse patterns of understanding among children experiencing the same instructional program and explores the influence of instructional language on teaching and learning writing in the intermediate grades (K-6). Following an introduction, the chapters are: (1) Learning To Write in Today's Classrooms; (2) What is Said: The Teachers' Language; (3) What is Done: The Students' Writing; (4) What is Understood: The Students' Perceptions; and (5) Thoughts on How to Teach Writing. An appendix contains tools for data collection. An extensive resource list for further reading is also provided as well as subject index and an author index. (CR)
ISBN:9780872071247
0872071243