1. Five effective strategies for improving children’s writing
Workshop 1

2. Introduction
National test results show that many children continue to struggle with writing
One study* (a literature review) set out to find out which teaching strategies will help the most by working out the effect sizes of different strategies
Take a moment to consider which strategies you think came out on top
*Graham, S. & Perin, D. (2007) Writing next: Effective strategies to improve writing of adolescents in middle and high schools – A report to the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Washington, DC: Alliance for Excellent Education