Research on Writing Instruction

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Syntax Matters: The Link Between Sentence Writing & Sentence Comprehending (Van Cleave, 2020)

Teaching Elementary School Students to Be Effective Writers (IES & WWC, 2012)

The Knowledge Gap (Wexler, 2019)

Changing How Writing is Taught (Graham, 2019)

Dysgraphia: How It Affects A Student’s Performance and What Can Be Done About It (Crouch and Jakubecy, 2007)

Ed Reports: Units of Study Review (Ed REports, 2018)

Educating Students in the Computer Age to Be Multilingual by Hand (Beringer, 2013)

Handwriting in a Modern World: Why It Matters & What To Do About It (Van CLeave, 2019)

Keys to Early Writing (Keys to Literacy, 2020)

Scientific Evidence on How to Teach Writing is Slim (The Hechinger Report, 2019)

Teaching Elementary School Students to Be Effective Writers (What Works Clearinghouse, 2018)

The Nation’s Report Card: Writing 2011 (National Center for Education Studies, 2012)

The Not So Simple View of Writing (Sedita | Keys to Literacy, 2021)

The Writing Revolution (The Atlantic, 2012)

Three Lessons From the Science of How to Teach Writing (The Hechinger Report, 2014)

Writing Next: Effective Strategies to Improve Writing of Adolescents in Middle and High Schools (Graham & Perin, 2007)