Writing Is Thinking

Holly S. Atkins, PhD is associate professor of undergraduate education and chair of the undergraduate education department at Saint Leo University. She served for six years as co-director of the Tampa Bay Area Writing Project.Lin Carver, PhD serves as the director of program approval in the college of education and social services and program administrator for the master’s in reading program at Saint Leo University.

• PrefaceChapter 1- Writing-to-Learn- Lin Carver and Lauren PantojaChapter 2- Writing with The Brain in Mind- Candace RobertsChapter 3- Writing as a Tool for Social Change- Ebony Perez and Christina CasanaveChapter 4- Writing as a Snapshot of Thinking - Holly Atkins, Kim Higdon, & Nakita GillespieChapter 5- Note-Taking versus Note-MAKING! - Carolyn Graham and Carrie Fallon-JohnsonChapter 6- Springboards for Writing in Mathematics- Christine PicotChapter 7- Writing to Support Science Learning and Success- Laura Altfeld and Cheryl BerryChapter 8- Writing Like an Historian- Padraig Lawlor and Chantelle MacPheeChapter 9- Keeping it Real: Supporting Writers in the English/Language Arts Classroom- Holly Atkins and Lisa Delgado BrownAbout the Contributors

The authors excelled in providing the reader with vignettes and strategies to facilitate their use of the writing process to enhance students’ critical thinking skills and content knowledge. Each cha?pter is intentionally focused with explicit tools to develop and enrich students’ knowledge and understanding. A must for teachers and teacher preparation programs.