Introduction, Charles A. MacArthur, Steve Graham, and Jill Fitzgerald
I. Theories and Models of Writing
1. The Social and Historical Context for Writing Research, Martin Nystrand
2. New Directions in Writing Theory, John R. Hayes
3. Writing Process Theory: A Functional Dynamic Approach, Gert Rijlaarsdam and Huub van den Bergh
4. A Sociocultural Theory of Writing, Paul Prior
5. The Processing Demands of Writing, Mark Torrance and David Galbraith
II. Writing Development
6. The Emergence of Writing, Liliana Tolchinsky
7. Implications of Advancements in Brain Research and Technology for Writing Development, Writing Instruction, and Educational Evolution, Virginia W. Berninger and William D. Winn
8. Cognitive Factors in the Development of Children's Writing, Deborah McCutchen
9. Children's Understanding of Genre and Writing Development, Carol A. Donovan and Laura B. Smolkin
10. Motivation and Writing, Suzanne Hidi and Pietro Boscolo
11. Self-Efficacy Beliefs and Motivation in Writing Development, Frank Pajares and Gio Valiante
12. Relations among Oral Language, Reading, and Writing Development, Timothy Shanahan
III. Instructional Models and Approaches
13. Strategy Instruction and the Teaching of Writing: A Meta-Analysis, Steve Graham
14. Tenets of Sociocultural Theory in Writing Instruction Research, Carol Sue Englert, Troy V. Mariage, and Kailonnie Dunsmore
15. Response to Writing, Richard Beach and Thomas Friedrich
16. Writing to Learn: How Alternative Theories of School Writing Account for Student Performance, George E. Newell
17. The Effects of New Technologies on Writing and Writing Processes, Charles A. MacArthur
18. "I Guess I'd Better Watch My English": Grammars and the Teaching of the English Language Arts, Michael W. Smith, Julie Cheville, and George Hillocks, Jr.
19. The Process Approach to Writing Instruction: Examining Its Effectiveness, Ruie J. Pritchard and Ronald L. Honeycutt
IV. Writing and Special Populations
20. Teaching Writing in Culturally Diverse Classrooms, Arnetha F. Ball
21. Influence of Gender on Writing Development, Shelley Peterson
22. Writing Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities, Gary A. Troia
23. Multilingual Writing in Preschool through Twelfth Grade: The Last 15 Years, Jill Fitzgerald
V. Methodology and Analytic Tools
24. Qualitative Research on Writing, Katherine Schultz
25. Statistical Analysis for Field Experiments and Longitudinal Data In Writing Research, Robert D. Abbott, Dagmar Amtmann, and Jeff Munson
26. Text Structure as a Window on the Cognition of Writing: How Text Analysis Provides Insights in Writing Products and Writing Processes, Ted J. M. Sanders and Joost Schilperoord
27. Applications of Computers in Assessment and Analysis of Writing, Mark D. Shermis, Jill Burstein, and Claudia Leacock
28. Writing Assessment: A Technohistory, Brian Huot and Michael Neal
29. What does Reading have to Tell us about Writing?: Preliminary Questions and Methodological Challenges in Examining the Neurobiological Foundations of Writing and Writing Disabilities, Kenneth R. Pugh, Stephen J. Frost, Rebecca Sandak, Margie Gillis, Dina Moore, Annette R. Jenner, and W. Einar Mencl