This meta-analysis examined if students' writing performance is improved by reading
interventions in studies (k= 54 experiments; 5,018 students) where students were taught …

An important goal of schooling is teaching students how to write. Teachers need access to
effective writing practices to meet this goal. For close to 40 years, meta-analyses of writing …

There is considerable concern that many adolescents do not attain the writing competence
needed to be successful in school, their personal lives, or the workplace. Ensuring that …

Looking in Classrooms uses educational, psychological, and social science theories and
classroom-based research to teach future classroom teachers about the complexities and …

The aim of this study was to provide insight into the current practice of writing instruction in
Dutch primary education, as a stepping stone for designing and implementing sustainable …

Background Revising is central in the process of writing and for acquiring writing skills.
Setting revision goals is challenging especially for novice writers: students do not revise …

In Flanders, there are neither Flemish assessments nor teacher surveys to provide insights
into the current practice and outcomes of writing instruction. In the present study, we provide …

Background Feedback is important for writing improvement, but research suggests that not
all learners benefit equally from feedback. Aims This meta-analysis examined if different …

This article will begin by briefly outlining the long-standing, and contested, debate in
Anglophone countries regarding the place of grammar in the L1 curriculum, and will …

In the past, several assessment reports on writing repeatedly showed that elementary school
students do not develop the essential writing skills to be successful in school. In this respect …