Writing Assessment and Instruction for Students With Learning Disabilities by Nancy Mather

Writing Assessment and Instruction for Students With Learning Disabilities

Nancy Mather, Barbara J. Wendling, Rhia Roberts

Wiley · Print & ebook · October 12, 2009

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Who it’s for
Explore writing instruction, assessment, foundational skills, and ways to motivate reluctant writers.
Themes
Writing assessment and instruction, Foundational writing skills, Motivating reluctant writers
Genres
Learning Disabilities, Teaching Language Arts, Testing & Measurement

About this book

A hands-on guide for anyone who teaches writing to students with learning disabilities This valuable resource helps teachers who want to sharpen their skills in analyzing and teaching writing to students with learning disabilities. The classroom-tested, research-proven strategies offered in this book work with all struggling students who have difficulties with writing-even those who have not been classified as learning disabled.

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The book offers a review of basic skills-spelling, punctuation, and capitalization-and includes instructional strategies to help children who struggle with these basics. The authors provide numerous approaches for enhancing student performance in written expression. They explore the most common reasons students are reluctant to write and offer helpful suggestions for motivating them. Includes a much-needed guide for teaching and assessing writing skills with children with learning disabilities - Contains strategies for working with all students that struggle with writing - Offers classroom-tested strategies, helpful information, 100+ writing samples with guidelines for analysis, and handy progress-monitoring charts - Includes ideas for motivating reluctant writers - Mather is an expert in the field of learning disabilities and is the best-selling author of Essentials of Woodcock-Johnson III Tests of Achievement Assessment

Writing Skills in Focus

Explore writing instruction, assessment, foundational skills, and ways to motivate reluctant writers.

Come here for

  • Strategies for spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and written expression
  • Writing samples with analysis guidelines and progress-monitoring charts

Expect

  • Approaches for students with learning disabilities and others who struggle with writing
  • Suggestions for motivating reluctant writers

Where it sits

Learning Disabilities81%
Teaching Language Arts74%
Testing & Measurement32%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Learning Disabilities
Authors
Nancy Mather, Barbara J. Wendling, Rhia Roberts
Publisher
Wiley
Published
October 12, 2009
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Writing assessment and instruction · Foundational writing skills · Motivating reluctant writers
Reading lane
Learning Disabilities