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Research Articles and References
for the Adult Educator
The following is a list of
research of articles that adult educators may wish to use
to help them better understand the writing process as well
as strategies and techniques they can use in the classroom
to assist their students.
Auerbach, E. (1992). Making Meaning, Making Change: Participatory
Curriculum Development for Adult ESL Literacy. Washington,
DC: CAL and Delta Systems, Inc.
Bereiter, C. & Scardamalia,
M. (1987). The Psychology of Written Composition. Hillsdale,
NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Bereiter, C. & Scardamalia,
M. (1993). Surpassing Ourselves: An Inquiry into the Nature
and Complications of Expertise. Chicago: Open Court Press.
Berninger, V. & Swanson,
H.L. (1994). Modifying Hayes and Flowers' model of skilled
writing to explain beginning and developing writing. JAI
Press. Greenwich: CT.
Berninger, V.W., et al (1997). "Treatment of handwriting
problems in beginning writers: Transfer from handwriting
to composition." Journal of Educational Psychology,
89, (4), 652-666.
Berninger, V.W., Vaghan, K.,
Abbott, R.D., Brooks, A., Abbott, S.P., Rogan, L., Reed,
E., & Graham, S. (1998). "Early intervention for
spelling problems: Teaching functional spelling units of
varying size with a multiple connections framework."
Journal of Educational Psychology, 90 (4), 587-605.
Calkins, L.M. (1975). Lessons
from a Child. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann
Culham, R. 6+1 Traits of Writing:
The Complete Guide (2003) Scholastic Publishing House.
Dyson, A. & Freedman, S. (1991). "Writing."
In Flood, J., Jensen, J., Lapp, D., & Squire, J.R. (eds.),
Handbook of Research on Teaching in the Language Arts. New
York: MacMillan Publishing Company.
Freedman, S. (1994). Moving
Writing Research into the 21st Century. Occasional Paper
#36. Berkeley, CA: National Center for the Study of Writing.
Fingeret, H.A. & Drennon,
C. (1997). Literacy for Life: Adult Learners, New Practices.
New York: Teachers College
Forrester, A. D. (1988). "Learning
to read and write at 26." Journal of Reading, 31 (7),
604-613.
Dyson, A. & Freedman, S.
(1991). Writing. In Flood, J., Jensen, J., Lapp, D., &
Squire, J.R. (eds.), Handbook of Research on Teaching in
the Language Arts. New York: MacMillan Publishing Company.
Freedman, S. (1994). Moving Writing Research into the 21st
Century. Occasional Paper #36. Berkeley, CA: National Center
for the Study of Writing.
Fingeret, H.A. & Drennon, C. (1997). Literacy for Life:
Adult Learners, New Practices. New York: Teachers College.
Forrester, A. D. (1988). "Learning to read and write
at 26." Journal of Reading, 31 (7), 604-613.
Gardner, S. (1985). Conversations with Strangers: Ideas
about Writing for Adult Students. London: Adult Literacy
and Basic Skills Unit.
Gillespie, M. (1990). Many
Literacies: Training Modules for Adult Beginning Readers
and Tutors. Amherst, MA: Center for International Education,
University of Massachusetts.
Gillespie, M. (1991). Becoming
Authors: The Social Context of Literacy for Adult Beginning
Writers. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, The University
of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Graham, S. (1997). "Executive
control in the revising of students with learning and writing
difficulties." Journal of Educational Psychology, 89
(2), 223-234.
Graham, S., MacArthur, C.,
& Schwartz, S. (1995). "Effects of goal setting
and procedural facilitation on the revising behavior and
writing performances of students with writing and learning
problems." Journal of Educational Psychology, 87 (2),
230-240.
Gillespie, M. (1990). Many
Literacies: Training Modules for Adult Beginning Readers
and Tutors. Center for International Education, University
of Massachusetts. Amherst, MA.
Gillespie, M. Research in Writing: Implications for Adult
Literacy Education. NCSALL The Annual Review of Adult Learning
and Literacy. Retrieved from the World Wide Web at: http://www.gse.harvard.edu/~ncsall/ann_rev/vol2_3.html.
Gillespie, M. Using Research on Writing. NCSALL Focus on
Basics, Writing Instruction. Volume 3, Issue D. December
1999
Halbrook, A. (1999). "Formulaic writing: Blueprint
for mediocrity." GED Items, 3, 8-9.
Hayes, J.R. & Flower, L.S. (1980)."Identifying
the organization of writing processes." In L. Gregg
& E.R. Steinberg (eds.), Cognitive Processes in Writing
(pp. 3-30). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Hayes, J.R. & Flower, L.S.
(1980).Identifying the Organization of Writing Processes.
In L. Gregg & E.R. Steinberg (eds.), Cognitive Processes
in Writing (pp. 3-30). Lawrence Erlbaum. Hillsdale: NJ.
Hayes, J.R. & Flower, L.S. (1986). Writing Research
and the Writer. American Psychologist, 41, 1106-1113.
Hayes, J.R. (1996). "A new framework for understanding
cognition and affect in writing." In C.M. Levy. &
S. Ransdell (eds.), The Science of Writing: Theories, Methods,
Individual Differences, and Applications. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence
Erlbaum.
Kerka, S. (1996). Journal Writing
and Adult Learning. Columbus, OH: ERIC Clearinghouse on
Adult Career and Vocational Education, ERIC Digest Series.
Learning Toolbox. Steppingstone
Technology Grant. James Madison University MSC 1993, Harrisonburg,
VA 22807.
Mace, J. (ed.) (1995). Literacy, Language, and Community
Publishing. Clevedon, England: Multilingual Matters. (Distributed
in the U.S. by Peppercorn Press.)
Perl, S. (1979). "The
composing processes of unskilled college writers."
College Composition and Communication, 31, 363-369.
Peyton, J.K. & Staton,
J. (eds.), (1991). Writing our Lives: Reflections on Dialogue
Journal Writing with Adults Learning English. Englewood
Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall Regents.
Peyton, J.K. (1993). "Listening
to students" voices: Publishing students' writing for
other students to read." In J. Crandall & J.K.
Peyton (eds.), Approaches to Adult ESL Literacy Instruction.
(pp. 59-74).Washington, DC & McHenry, IL: CAL and Delta
Systems.
Purcell-Gates, V. (1995). Other
People's Words: The Cycle of Low Literacy. Cambridge, MA:
Harvard University Press.
Sommers, N. (1980). Revision
Strategies of Student Writers and Experienced Adult Writers.
College Composition and Communication, 31, 378-88.
Shaughnessy, M.P. (1977). Errors and Expectations. New York:
Oxford University Press.
SLATE Starter Sheets. The National Council of the Teachers
of English. Retrieved from the World Wide Web at: http://www.ncte.org/about/issues/slate/sheets/108544.htm.
Torrance, M. & Jeffery, G. (1999). The Cognitive Demands
of Writing: Processing Capacity and Working Memory in Text
Production. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
Viise, N. (1996)."A study
of the spelling development of adult literacy learners compared
with that of classroom children." Journal of Literacy
Research, 28, 561-587.
Worthy, M.J. & Viise, N.
(1996). "Morphological, phonological, and orthographic
differences between the spelling of normally achieving children
and basic literacy adults." Reading and Writing: An
Interdisciplinary Journal, 138-159.
Wrigley, H. S (1998). "Knowledge
in action: The promise of project-based education."
Focus on Basics, 2 (D), 13-18.
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