Writing and Motivation
- 1st Edition, Volume 19 - October 17, 2006
- Imprint: Elsevier Science
- Editors: Suzanne Hidi, Pietro Boscolo
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 4 6 6 1 3 - 2
The aim of this volume is to bring together contributions from international research on writing and motivation. It not only addresses the basic question of how motivation to write… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThe aim of this volume is to bring together contributions from international research on writing and motivation. It not only addresses the basic question of how motivation to write can be fostered, but also provides analyses of conceptual and theoretical issues at the intersection of the topics of motivation and writing. What emerges from the various chapters is that the motivational aspects of writing represent a rich, productive and partially still unexplored research field.
This volume is a step in the direction of a more systematic analysis of the problems as well as an effort to present and compare various models, perspectives and methods of motivation and writing.
This volume is a step in the direction of a more systematic analysis of the problems as well as an effort to present and compare various models, perspectives and methods of motivation and writing.
*Addresses the implications of writing instuction based on the 2 main approaches to writing research: cognitive and socio-cultural
*Provides systematic analysis of the various models, perspectives, and methods of motivation & writing
*Brings together the international research available in this burgeoning field
*Provides systematic analysis of the various models, perspectives, and methods of motivation & writing
*Brings together the international research available in this burgeoning field
Graduate students and researchers interested in motivational studies as it relates to writing
FOREWORD
Suzanne Hidi & Pietro Boscolo
THE MULTIPLE MEANINGS OF MOTIVATION TO WRITE
Pietro Boscolo and Suzanne Hidi
SECTION 1
THEORETICAL ANALYSES OF MOTIVATION TO WRITE
WHY WRITE? A CONSIDERATION OF RHETORICAL PURPOSE
Nancy Nelson
COGNITION AND MOTIVATION IN WRITING TO LEARN CRITICAL THINKING: AN EDUCATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE PERSPECTIVE
Asghar Iran-Nejad, Jason Watts, Gopakumar Venugopalan and Yuejin Xu
A WRITER'S DISCIPLINE: THE DEVELOPMENT OF SELF-REGULATORY SKILL
Barry J. Zimmerman and Anastasia Kitsantas
SECTION 2
EMPIRICAL STUDIES INVESTIGATING THE RELATIONSHIPS
BETWEEN MOTIVATION AND WRITING
WRITING ON AN INTERESTING TOPIC: DOES WRITING FOSTER INTEREST?
Pietro Boscolo, Laura Del Favero and Michele Borghetto
MOTIVATIONS FOR ESL WRITING IMPROVEMENT IN PRE-UNIVERSITY CONTEXTS
Alister Cumming, Tae-Young Kim and Keanre Eouanzoui
“PUTTING THINGS INTO WORDS”: THE DEVELOPMENT OF 12-15-YEAR-OLD STUDENTS’ INTEREST FOR WRITING
Rebecca Lipstein and K. Ann Renninger
WRITING SELF EFFICACY AND ITS RELATION TO GENDER, WRITING MOTIVATION, AND WRITING COMPETENCE: A DEVELOPMENTAL PERSPECTIVE
Frank Pajares, Gio Valiante and Yuk Fai Cheong
SECTION 3
INTERVENTION STUDIES AIMED AT IMPROVING
MOTIVATION TO WRITE
MARK TWAIN’S WRITERS’ WORKSHOP: A NATURE-NURTURE PERSPECTIVE FOR MOTIVATING STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES TO COMPOSE
Virginia W. Berninger and Suzanne Hidi
FOSTERING STUDENTS’ WILLINGNESS AND INTEREST IN ARGUMENTATIVE WRITING: AN INTERVENTION STUDY
Bianca De Bernardi and Emanuela Antolini
The Role of Interest and Self-Efficacy in Science-Related Expository Writing
Suzanne Hidi, Mary Ainley, Dagmar Berndorff, and Laura Del Favero
Observational learning Through video-based models: impact on student’s writing accuracy of self-efficacy beliefs, task knowledge AND writing performance
Mariet Raedts, Gert Rijlaarsdam, Luuk van Waes, and Frans Daems
THE ROLE OF LITERATE COMMUNITIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN'S INTEREST IN WRITING
Susan Bobbitt Nolen
CROSS-CASE STUDY OF WRITING MOTIVATION AS EMPOWERMENT
Penny Oldfather and Cyndie Hynd Shanahan
REFERENCES
AUTHOR INDEX
SUBJECT INDEX
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
Suzanne Hidi & Pietro Boscolo
THE MULTIPLE MEANINGS OF MOTIVATION TO WRITE
Pietro Boscolo and Suzanne Hidi
SECTION 1
THEORETICAL ANALYSES OF MOTIVATION TO WRITE
WHY WRITE? A CONSIDERATION OF RHETORICAL PURPOSE
Nancy Nelson
COGNITION AND MOTIVATION IN WRITING TO LEARN CRITICAL THINKING: AN EDUCATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE PERSPECTIVE
Asghar Iran-Nejad, Jason Watts, Gopakumar Venugopalan and Yuejin Xu
A WRITER'S DISCIPLINE: THE DEVELOPMENT OF SELF-REGULATORY SKILL
Barry J. Zimmerman and Anastasia Kitsantas
SECTION 2
EMPIRICAL STUDIES INVESTIGATING THE RELATIONSHIPS
BETWEEN MOTIVATION AND WRITING
WRITING ON AN INTERESTING TOPIC: DOES WRITING FOSTER INTEREST?
Pietro Boscolo, Laura Del Favero and Michele Borghetto
MOTIVATIONS FOR ESL WRITING IMPROVEMENT IN PRE-UNIVERSITY CONTEXTS
Alister Cumming, Tae-Young Kim and Keanre Eouanzoui
“PUTTING THINGS INTO WORDS”: THE DEVELOPMENT OF 12-15-YEAR-OLD STUDENTS’ INTEREST FOR WRITING
Rebecca Lipstein and K. Ann Renninger
WRITING SELF EFFICACY AND ITS RELATION TO GENDER, WRITING MOTIVATION, AND WRITING COMPETENCE: A DEVELOPMENTAL PERSPECTIVE
Frank Pajares, Gio Valiante and Yuk Fai Cheong
SECTION 3
INTERVENTION STUDIES AIMED AT IMPROVING
MOTIVATION TO WRITE
MARK TWAIN’S WRITERS’ WORKSHOP: A NATURE-NURTURE PERSPECTIVE FOR MOTIVATING STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES TO COMPOSE
Virginia W. Berninger and Suzanne Hidi
FOSTERING STUDENTS’ WILLINGNESS AND INTEREST IN ARGUMENTATIVE WRITING: AN INTERVENTION STUDY
Bianca De Bernardi and Emanuela Antolini
The Role of Interest and Self-Efficacy in Science-Related Expository Writing
Suzanne Hidi, Mary Ainley, Dagmar Berndorff, and Laura Del Favero
Observational learning Through video-based models: impact on student’s writing accuracy of self-efficacy beliefs, task knowledge AND writing performance
Mariet Raedts, Gert Rijlaarsdam, Luuk van Waes, and Frans Daems
THE ROLE OF LITERATE COMMUNITIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN'S INTEREST IN WRITING
Susan Bobbitt Nolen
CROSS-CASE STUDY OF WRITING MOTIVATION AS EMPOWERMENT
Penny Oldfather and Cyndie Hynd Shanahan
REFERENCES
AUTHOR INDEX
SUBJECT INDEX
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 19
- Published: October 17, 2006
- Imprint: Elsevier Science
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN: 9780080466132
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Suzanne Hidi
Affiliations and expertise
Ontario Institute for Educational Studies, University of TorontoPB
Pietro Boscolo
Affiliations and expertise
University of Padua