The New Art and Science of Teaching Writing, July/2018

Research-based instructional strategies for teaching and assessing writing skills

For educators to be effective, they must intentionally select and implement research-based instructional strategies and conduct assessments. Using a clear and well-organized structure, the authors apply the strategies and techniques originally presented in The New Art and Science of Teachingby Robert J. Marzano to the teaching and assessing of writing skills. The book explores more than 100 instructional strategies across grade levels and subject areas for writing, as well as some reading instruction.

Use effective teaching methods to reach desired writing learning outcomes and student success:

1. Understand which instructional strategies are best suited to teaching writing skills, and gain specific examples for implementing these strategies.
2. Learn how to utilize general and specific strategies to improve the learning environment of the classroom and obtain desired student learning outcomes for writing.
3. Fine-tune your writing curriculum to achieve student success by developing and assessing writing skills with the book’s instructional techniques.Examine samples of writing rubrics, proficiency scales, and checklists, and learn effective teaching methods to use them as assessment and instructional tools.
4. Utilize an advance organizer as a quick reference of all strategies to assist you in designing writing curriculum and planning lessons.
5. Access and download free reproducible activities, rubrics for assessing student writing, writing assessment examples, writing checklists, and more for classroom use.

A joint publication of ASCD and Solution Tree