Writing development in struggling learners : understanding the needs of writers across the lifecourse / / edited by Brett Miller, Peggy McCardle, Vince Connelly

• Pubblicazione: Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Brill, , 2018; ©2018
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (226 pages) : illustrations, tables
• Disciplina: 808.042071
• Soggetto topico: Learning disabled children - Education - Language arts; Composition (Language arts) - Study and teaching
• Persona (resp. second.): MillerBrett; McCardlePeggy; ConnellyVince
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- The Development of Writing Skills in Individuals with Learning Difficulties: An Introduction / Peggy McCardle , Vincent Connelly and Brett Miller -- 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 / Åsa Wengelin and Barbara Arfé -- 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 -- 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 Johansson , Margunn Mossige , Mark Torrance and Per Henning Uppstad -- Lost for Words: Instructional Approaches to Support Older Struggling Writers / Debra Myhill and Susan Jones -- 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 -- Approaches to Improving Writing Research, Instruction, and Performance / Peggy McCardle , Brett Miller and Vincent Connelly -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Writing development in struggling learners
• ISBN: 90-04-34636-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910272341503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in writing ; ; Volume 35.