This paper undertakes a review of the literature on writing cognition, writing instruction, and
writing assessment with the goal of develo** a framework and competency model for a …

The shifting emphases of new national curricula have placed more attention on knowledge
generation approaches to learning. Such approaches are centered on the fundamental …

Composing high-quality argumentative writing requires consideration of the dialogical,
structural, and linguistic aspects of argumentation. However, finding an ideal peer student to …

Research suggests that English as a foreign language (EFL) students' argumentative writing
benefits from interactions with peers. However, finding an ideal partner to interact with can …

Reasoning about processes of change, causes, consequences, similarities, and differences
in historical phenomena and periods helps students to give meaning to the past. This …

It is important, when writing opinion essays, for students to consider and integrate both
arguments and counterarguments to develop a final conclusion. In this article, the authors …

This descriptive study aims to analyze structures of argumentative papers written by second
language (L2) university students, based on the adapted Toulmin (1958, 2003) model of …

Fourth-and sixth-grade students with and without learning disabilities wrote essays about a
controversial topic after receiving either a general persuasion goal or an elaborated goal …

In this study, the effects of a disciplinary reading and writing curriculum intervention with
professional development are shared. We share our instructional approach and provide …

The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of revising goals focused on content
and audience awareness on the persuasive writing of fifth-and eighth-grade students …