A deeper understanding of teens’ writing habits—both inside and outside of the school environment—is crucial for developing successful programs to improve writing skills and achievement. Today’s teens ...

Prewriting is an essential skill that child needs to acquire before they begin to write. The stronger your child's pre-writing skills are, the better and longer your child can write. Prewriting skills ...

They are designed for primary age children. Years ago, when I was a primary school teacher, I ran a literacy centre and found children needed space to create their own ideas. These activities are a ...

SAGES seminars offer opportunities to connect course content with successful writing strategies. In addition to emphasizing core skills of academic writing (e.g., summary, paraphrase, integrating ...

Literacy is important for everyone including individuals with dual sensory and multiple impairments. Literacy is comprised of word knowledge, reading, communicating and writing. Just as teachers and ...

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 ...

Travis Grandy is a PhD student in Composition and Rhetoric at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Find him on Twitter @travisgrandy or at his website. I work with a lot of instructors who use ...