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Writing development in struggling learners : understanding the needs of writers across the lifecourse /

"In 'Writing Development in Struggling Learners', international writing researchers provide critical insights into the development of writing skills for individuals who struggle to become proficient writers. This edited volume takes a life course view and examines concepts for develop...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Miller, Brett (Editor ), McCardle, Peggy (Editor ), Connelly, Vince (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]
Colección:Studies in writing ; v. 35.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part 1. Introduction
  • The development of writing skills in individuals with learning difficulties: an introduction / Peggy McCardle, Vincent Connelly and Brett Miller
  • Part 2. Models of writing
  • Understanding writing difficulties through a model of the cognitive processes involved in writing / Lynsey O'Rourke, Vincent Connelly and Anna Barnett
  • The complementary relationships between reading and writing in children with and without writing difficulties / Asa Wengelin and Barbara Arfé
  • Part 3. Writing development
  • The multifaceted development of writing / Liliana Tolchinsky and Harriet Jisa
  • Empirical studies on the writing abilities of adolescents and adults with learning difficulties / Noel Gregg and Jason Nelson
  • Part 4. Instructional and intervention approaches
  • Language bases of spelling in writing during early and middle childhood: grounding applications to struggling writers in typical writing development / Elaine Silliman, Ruth Huntley Bahr, William Nagy and Virginia Berninger
  • Why bother with writers? Towards "good enough" technologies for supporting individuals with dyslexia / Vibeke Rønneberg, Christer Johnson, Margunn Mossige, Mark Torrance and Per Henning Uppstad
  • Lost for words: instructional approaches to support older struggling writers / Debra Myhill and Susan Jones
  • Part 5. Assessment: perspectives on assessing learning and performance
  • Evaluating the task of language learning / David Rose
  • The role of curriculum based measures in assessing writing products / Julie Dockrell, Vincent Connelly, Kirsty Walter and Sarah Critten
  • Part 6. Conclusions
  • Approaches to improving writing research, instruction, and performance / Peggy McCardle, Brett Miller and Vincent Connelly.