Writing as Learning: A Content-Based Approach - Softcover

The skill of writing crosses all subject areas. It should not be confined to just the language arts classroom. The practical writing strategies in Writing as Learning demonstrate how you can employ writing as a powerful tool for processing new subject area content and integrating new learning with prior knowledge. This handbook includes more than 200 examples of how 12 different strategies can be used in kindergarten through high school classrooms.

Evelyn Rothstein has been an educational consultant specializing in teaching writing across the curriculum for the past twenty years. With a background in classroom teaching and a specialization in linguistics and language development, she has trained teachers and implemented her strategy-based Writing As Learning and Write for Mathematics programs in hundreds of schools and school districts throughout the United States. She is the author of numerous books and articles, including Writing as Learning and Write for Mathematics. Rothstein is a graduate of the City University of New York and Teachers College, Columbia University with degrees in education, speech, reading, and psycholinguistics.