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Research Roundup:
Anderson, Jeff, and Whitney La Rocca. Patterns of Power: Inviting Young Writers into the Conventions of Language, Grades 1-5. Portland, Maine, Stenhouse Publishers, 2017.
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Burkins, J., & Yates, K. (2021). Shifting the balance: 6 ways to bring the science of reading into the balanced literacy classroom. Portsmouth, NH: Stenhouse Publishers.
Burmester, A., & US, T. C. (2017, June 5). Working memory: How you keep things “in mind” over the short term. Scientific American.
Calkins, L. & Ehrenworth, M. (2016). Growing Extraordinary Writers: Leadership Decisions to Raise the Level of Writing Across a School and a District. The Reading Teacher, 70(1), 7-18.
Capin, Dille, J.T., P., Fall, A., Gillam, R. B., Gillam, S. L., Hall, C., Roberts, G., Vaughn, S., Wada, R. (2021). Narrative instruction in elementary classrooms: An observation study. The Elementary School Journal, 121 (3).
Christianakis, M. (2011). Hybrid texts: Fifth graders, rap music, and writing. Urban Education, 46(5), 1131–1168.
Cutler L, Graham S. Primary grade writing instruction: A national survey. Journal of Educational Psychology. 2008;100(4):907–919.
De Smedt, F., Graham, S., & Van Keer, H. (2020). “It takes two”: The added value of structured peer-assisted writing in explicit writing instruction. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 60, 101835.
Dockrell, J. E., Marshall, C. R., & Wyse, D. (2016). Teachers’ reported practices for teaching writing in England. Reading and writing, 29, 409–434.
Duhigg, Charles. “Habits: How They Form and How to Break Them.” Npr.org, 2019.
Gentry, J. R., & Oullette, G. P. (2019). Brain words. Portsmouth, NH: Stenhouse Publishers.
Gentry, J. R. (1982). An Analysis of Developmental Spelling in “GNYS AT WRK.” The Reading Teacher, 36(2), 192–200.
Goodwin, A. (Host). (2019, October 7). Early Childhood Writing: The Role of Gesture with Dr. Debbie Rowe [Audio podcast episode]. In Voice of Literacy with Dr. Betsy Baker.
Graham, S. (2019). Changing How Writing Is Taught. Review of Research in Education, 43(1), 277-303.
Graham, S. (2022). Creating a classroom vision for teaching writing. The Reading Teacher, 75(4), 475-484. doi:10.1002/trtr.2064
Graham, S. (2023). Writer(s)-within-community model of writing as a lens for studying the teaching of writing. In R. Horrowitz (Ed.), The Routledge handbook of international research on writing, vol. II. New York: Routledge.
Graham, S., Bollinger, A., Booth Olson, C., D’Aoust, C., MacArthur, C., McCutchen, D., & Olinghouse, N. (2012). Teaching elementary school students to be effective writers: A practice guide (NCEE 2012- 4058). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education.
Graham, S., Harris, K. R. (2014). Six Recommendations for Teaching Writing to Meet the Common Core. In Write Now! Empowering Writers in Today’s K-6 Classroom, ed. Kathy Ganske. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
Graham, S., & Hebert, M. (2010). Writing to read: Evidence for how writing can improve reading: A report from Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Graham, S., Kiuhara, S. A., & MacKay, M. (2020). The Effects of Writing on Learning in Science, Social Studies, and Mathematics: A Meta-Analysis. Review of Educational Research, 90(2), 179-226.
Grassmeyer, C. (2018). Exploring Language and Literacy: The benefits of invented spelling with our youngest learners. Literacy Today, 14–16.
Graves, D. A Fresh Look at Writing (1994). Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Kent, S. C., & Wanzek, J. (2016). The relationship between component skills and writing quality and production across developmental levels: A meta-analysis of the last 25 years. Review of Educational Research, 86, 570-601.
Kissel, B. T., & Miller, E. T. (2015). Reclaiming power in the writers’ workshop. The Reading Teacher, 69(1), 77–86.
Kress, G. (2004). Before Writing: Rethinking the Paths to Literacy. Routledge.
McQuade, F. (1980). “Examining a Grammar Course: The Rationale and the Result.” The English Journal, 69, no. 7, pp. 26–30. JSTOR, Accessed 10 Feb. 2024.
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Ouellette, G., & Senechal, M. (2008). Pathways to Literacy: A Study of Invented Spelling and Its Role in Learning to Read. Child Development, 79(4), 899–913.
Ouellette, G., & Senechal, M. (2017). Invented Spelling in Kindergarten as a Predictor of Reading and Spelling in Grade 1: A New Pathway to Literacy, or Just the Same Road, Less Known? Developmental Psychology, 53(1), 77–88.
Philippakos, Z. A., & MacArthur, C. A. (2016). The effects of giving feedback on the persuasive writing of fourth- and fifth-grade students. Reading Research Quarterly, 51(4), 419–433.
Rowe, D. W. (1994). Preschoolers as Authors: Literacy Learning in the Social World of the Classroom. Hampton Press.
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Traga Philippakos, Z. A. (2019). Sentence construction: Supporting elementary students’ editing skills. The Language and Literacy Spectrum, 29 (1), Article 3.
Traga Philippakos, Z. A. (2022). Developing strategic learners: Collaborative reasoning with strategy instruction to scaffold debate and support the writing of arguments. The Language and Literacy Spectrum Vol. 32 (1), Article 3.
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Wright, T. S., Cabell, S. Q., Duke, N. K., & Souto-Manning, M. (2022). Literacy Learning for Infants, Toddlers, & Preschoolers: Key Practices for Educators. National Association for the Education of Young Children.
