Research and teaching writing

Writing is an essential but complex skill that students must master if they are to take full advantage of educational, occupational, and civic responsibilities. Schools, the teachers who work in them, tasked with teaching how write. Knowledge about teach writing can be obtained from many different sources, including one’s experience or being taught write, observing others writing, advise offered by experts. It difficult determine much lore acquire through these methods effective, generalizable, reliable unless scientifically tested. This special issue Reading & includes 11 intervention studies conducted primarily elementary grades. provides important new information on evidence-based practices.