Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preparing students for large-scale writing assignments: research-based recommendations / Natalie G. Olinghouse, Jinjie Zheng, and Dawn Reed -- Web 2.0: new opportunities for writing / Charles A. McArthur and Rachel A. Karchmer-Klein -- Reluctant writers and their teachers: changing self-efficacy beliefs through lesson study / Gary A. Troia... [et al.] -- Teaching poetry writing, pre-k-12: a review of research and suggested directions for teacher practice and development / Janine L. Certo... [et al.] -- Professional development in teaching disciplinary writing in the context of international science reform efforts / Lori A. Norton-Meier... [et al.] -- Preparing educators for the challenges of teaching students to write like historians / Cynthia Okolo... [et al.] -- Writing first: preparing the teachers of our youngest writers / Kathryn L. Roberts and Erin Wibbens -- Making composing visible: a study of first-year college writers' distributed invention practices / Julie Lindquist... [et al.] -- Effective professional development for teachers of struggling writers / Tori Page-Voth -- Challenges and possibilities for professional development in writing instruction: connecting contemporary writing teachers with insights from diverse research on writing / Mary M. Juzwik -- Teaching writing in the age of accountability: reflections from the academy / Peter Smagorinskey