Includes updates and/or revisions. At a time when many teenagers are consumed by such activities as text-messaging, blogging, and social networking, more middle and high school students than in the ...

Writing starts way before you put letters to a page. It involves processes like critical thinking, communication, and creativity. Even if writing feels like pulling teeth, you can apply the principles ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Recent public policy discussions and documents reflect frames that will have profound effects on questions central to teachers of and students ...

If you ever felt the urge to write but found yourself held back by a nagging voice of doubt? What if you could silence that voice and let your creativity flow freely? Many writing beginners struggle ...

From the early formation of letters to crafting an essay, writing involves perhaps more subskills than any other academic task. To write well requires combining multiple physical and mental processes ...

Two recent experiments highlight aspects of writing instruction that are rarely studied—or taught. Recent research suggests that secondary students can benefit significantly from learning how to ...

Is it just me, or are student competencies like basic writing skills in serious peril today? Granted, I am about a decade in to my teaching career, but even within this fairly short span, I have ...

Every November, National Novel Writing Month inspires writers everywhere to get their butts in gear and finally write the books they've always wanted to create. An exciting literary challenge that ...

In grade school, we were required to try our hand at playing an instrument. I, along with about 30 of my fellow 4 th graders, wanted the drums. I ended up with the clarinet. I did not want to play the ...