There are a plethora of opportunities for pupils to write across the curriculum. Each academic discipline may well provide chances for pupils to develop skill in writing, science being no exception. The science teacher needs to develop pupil knowledge in science as well as using the contents in written work. Learning to write and writing to learn…

Follows the progress of seventh-grade students as they plan, compose, revise, and edit a group novel. States that, using computers, students worked in peer groups developing chapters independently; then they shared work and applied revision practices developing from their views of emerging text. Shows how the project gave the group a sense of…

Tells a story that shows how a pedagogy based on a naive vision of care, one in which both collaborators are to treat each other with reciprocal integrity and compassion, can go awry. Offers three precautions that writing teachers can enact toward a more responsible pedagogy of collaboration. (TB)

This paper describes the basic features of a collaborative writing exercise used to help 40 English-as-a-Foreign-Language (EFL) students write reader-based prose. It presents an actual study that examined the use of collaborative writing to help students draft reader-based prose in intermediate and advanced EFL composition classes at the…

This case study describes use of apprenticeship opportunities in a collaborative writing context with two primary grade students with multiple disabilities in an inclusive setting. Analysis of written work and verbal interactions revealed the collaborative peer approach fostered active and constructive participation by both students. (Contains…