Full Description
In Writing Development in Struggling Learners, international writing researchers provide critical insights into the development of writing skills for individuals who struggle to become profi cient writers. This edited volume takes a life course view and examines concepts for development of writing skills with a focus on where learners struggle, why this may occur for those without and without specifi c learning disorders, how to identify these learners and what we can do to facilitate effi cient writing. Throughout the volume, struggling learners are presented via a holistic lens; contributors succinctly synthesize the literature base and present insights into the current state of the science and areas of future need and advancement.
Contents
List of Figures, Texts and Tables
Introduction
1 The Development of Writing Skills in Individuals with Learning Difficulties: An Introduction
Peggy McCardle, Vincent Connelly, and Brett Miller
Models of Writing
2 Understanding Writing Difficulties through a Model of the Cognitive Processes Involved in Writing
Lynsey O'Rourke, Vincent Connelly, and Anna Barnett
3 The Complementary Relationships between Reading and Writing in Children with and without Writing Difficulties
Åsa Wengelin and Barbara Arfé
Writing Development
4 The Multifaceted Development of Writing
Liliana Tolchinsky and Harriet Jisa
5 Empirical Studies on the Writing Abilities of Adolescents and Adults with Learning Difficulties
Noel Gregg and Jason Nelson
Instructional and Intervention Approaches
6 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
7 Why Bother with Writers? Towards "Good Enough" Technologies for Supporting Individuals with Dyslexia
Vibeke Rønneberg, Christer Johansson, Margunn Mossige, Mark Torrance, and Per Henning Uppstad
8 Lost for Words: Instructional Approaches to Support Adolescent Struggling Writers
Debra Myhill and Susan Jones
9 Evaluating the Task of Language Learning
David Rose
Assessment
10 The Role of Curriculum Based Measures in Assessing Writing Products
Julie Dockrell, Vincent Connelly, Kirsty Walter, and Sarah Critten
Conclusions
11 Approaches to Improving Writing Research, Instruction, and Performance
Peggy McCardle, Brett Miller, and Vincent Connelly
Index
