TY - BOOK AU - Miller,Brett TI - Writing development in struggling learners: understanding the needs of writers across the lifecourse T2 - Studies in writing, SN - 9789004346369 AV - LC4704.85 U1 - 808/.042071 23 PY - 2017///] CY - Leiden, Boston PB - Brill KW - Learning disabled children KW - Education KW - Language arts KW - Cross-cultural studies KW - Composition (Language arts) KW - Study and teaching N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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; Available to subscribing member institutions only N2 - 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 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004346369 ER -