Social workers engage in various types of writing in the educational setting and in diverse practice settings at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels. What they write and how they write has a major impact on people's lives. This teaching note highlights the importance of individualized writing support through a project that used peer writing…

Strategy instruction is an effective method for improving the writing skills of students who struggle when writing. It is critical when implementing strategy instruction that assessment of the strategy takes place in addition to assessment of writing. Practitioners should consider strategy assessment to ensure student proper use of strategy. This…

Abstract concepts, such as gravity, may provide the perfect opportunity to bring phenomena into the classroom. As a knowledge generation strategy, summarizing can foster that opportunity. Using phenomena and summary writing together might help student learning since it requires making connections between their ideas and words to explain the…