Truckenmiller and Chandler (2023) provide an overview of some of the research around effective writing instruction positively impacting on both writing and reading achievement. The following in an outline of their key points: Theories of reading and writing co-development Interventions … Continued
Sentences are the basic building blocks of writing. There is a growing body of research showing that sentence combining and sentence expanding are effective ways of improving students’ writing by teaching them the skills associated with developing elaborate and complex … Continued
It is not sufficient just to present information to students, they need to actually learn the concepts which means that first the information needs to be stored in long term memory so that it can be quickly and accurately retrieved … Continued
There is a growing body of evidence showing a strong correlation between a reader’s morphological skills and reading comprehension. Levesque et al.’s (2018) longitudinal study investigated whether morphological awareness, morphological analysis or a combination of both most influenced the development … Continued
Writing is a skill and, just like any other skill, to be become a proficient writer you need to be explicitly taught how to be an effective writer and then be provided with sufficient supported practice. Introduce the technique Irrespective … Continued