Effective Learning and Teaching of Writing is a handbook on research on the effective teaching and learning of writing. It is a reference for researchers and educators in the domain of written composition in education. Effective Learning and Teaching of Writing covers all age ranges and school settings and it deals with various aspects of writing and text types. Research methodology varies from experimental studies to reflective classroom practitioners' research.

Effective Learning and Teaching of Writing.- Effective Learning and Teaching of Writing.- Studies in Learning to Write.- Emergent Writing in Kindergarten and the Emergence of the Alphabetic Principle.- Looking at Reading and Writing Through Language.- Rewriting to Introduce Punctuation in the Second Grade: A Didactic Approach.- Contextual Factors Enhancing Cognitive and Metacognitive Activity During the Process of Collaborative Writing.- Metacognitive Regulations, Peer Interactions and Revision of Narratives by Sixth-Graders.- The Directivity of Teacher Strategies in Collaborative Writing Tasks.- Making Digital Annotations Using the World Wide Web.- Popular Culture: A Resource for Writing In Secondary English Classrooms.- The Garden of Thought - About Writing Poems in Upper Secondary School.- Using a Structured Writing Workshop to Help Good Readers Who are Poor Writers.- Deaf Ways of Writing Narratives: a Bilingual Approach.- Stylistic Imitation as a Tool in Writing Pedagogy.- Improving Arguentative Writing by Fostering Argumentative Speech.- Monitoring Local Coherence Through Bridging Integration.- Learning to Write Instructive Texts by Reader Observation and Written Feedback.- Learning to Read and Write Argumentative Text by Observation of Peer Learners.- The Uptake of Peer-Based Intervention in The Writing Classroom.- Studies in How to Teach Writing.- Teaching Writing.- Impact of Regular Philosophical Discussion on Argumentative Skills.- Action Research.- Teaching How to Write Argumentative Texts at Primary School.- Teaching Writing - Teaching Oral Presentation.- Writing to Learn: Constructing the Concept of Genre in a Writing Workshop.- Writing "In Your Own Words": Children's Use of Information Sources in Research Projects.- Metacognition to Learn How toWrite Texts at School and to Develop Motivation to Do It.- Fostering Novices' Ability to Write Informative Texts.- Adapting to The Classroom Setting: New Research on Teachers Moving Between Traditional And Computer Classrooms.- Assessment of Argumentative Writing.- Digital Information Literacy: Teaching Students to Use The Internet in Source-Based Writing.- "Down The Plughole": The Pitfalls of Testing The Writing of L2 Pupils.- Studies in Writing to Learn.- Composing A Summary.- Enhancing Thinking Dispositions Through Informal Writing.- Fostering Reflective Writing by Structuring Writing-To-Learn Tasks.- Reflective Writing & Reflective Thinking.- Writing-To-Learn: Conducting A Process Log.- Learning by Writing Hypertext: A Research Based Design of University Courses in Writing Hypertext.- The Effect of Student Prior Experience, Attitudes, and Approaches on Performance in An Undergraduate Science Writing Program.- Children's Writing Strategies: Profiles of Writers.- Writing-To-Learn and Graph-Drawing as Aids of The Integration of Text and Graphs.