Developing Strategic Young Writers Through Genre Instruction: Resources for Grades K-2

Zoi A. Philippakos, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the College of Education at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Her research interests include reading and writing instruction for students in the elementary grades, strategy instruction and self-regulation, and professional development for classroom teachers. She has worked as an elementary school teacher and literacy coach, and she provides professional development to teachers on effective reading and writing strategies. Dr. Philippakos is coauthor of Developing Strategic Young Writers through Genre Instruction: Resources for Grades K-2, Developing Strategic Writers through Genre Instruction: Resources for Grades 3-5, Effective Read-Alouds for Early Literacy: A Teacher's Guide for PreK-1, and Differentiated Literacy Instruction in Grades 4 and 5: Strategies and Resources. Since 2010 she has codeveloped and organized the Writing Research Study Group at the Literacy Research Association, and she is Chair of the Writing Task Force at the International Literacy Association. Dr. Philippakos has published several articles and chapters and has presented her research at national and international conferences.Charles A. MacArthur, PhD, is Professor of Special Education and Literacy in the School of Education at the University of Delaware. A former special education teacher, Dr. MacArthur has been conducting research on writing development and instruction for struggling writers since the 1980s. He is currently principal investigator of a study that examines the efficacy of a writing curriculum for college basic writing courses. Other research projects have focused on the development of a writing curriculum for students with learning disabilities, writing strategy instruction, decoding instruction in adult education, speech recognition as a writing accommodation, project-based learning in social studies in inclusive classrooms, and first-grade writing instruction. Dr. MacArthur is coeditor of the Journal of Writing Research and serves on the editorial boards of several other journals. He has published over 100 articles and book chapters and is coeditor or coauthor of several books, including the Handbook of Writing Research, Second Edition; Best Practices in Writing Instruction, Third Edition; Developing Strategic Young Writers through Genre Instruction: Resources for Grades K-2; and Developing Strategic Writers through Genre Instruction: Resources for Grades 3-5.