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Integrating Reading and Writing Instruction

4/22/2020

 
By Jiali Wang

-- A summary of Steve Graham’s article “The Science of Writing is the science of Reading and Vice Versa”

    ​    In this article, Steve Graham examines both theoretical and empirical evidence to support that the science of writing is the science of reading and vice versa. Let’s first look at what do theories tell us about why reading and writing should be integrated:
  1. Knowledge and skills needed for reading and writing overlap to a large extent. Fitzgerald and Shanahan (2000) illustrate the knowledge required in detail:
  • Knowledge about the functions and purposes of texts. For example, readers should be                      aware that different components in texts are embedded with different purposes.
  • Pragmatic knowledge of text features, mainly including language use knowledge.
  • Procedural knowledge. Although reading and writing are different processes, they all require students to be able to set goals, access information needed, ask questions, make predictions, summarize key information, and so on.
Also, as many teachers may have already noticed, reading and writing have the same purpose to communicate. Thus, due to the overlap of knowledge and skills needed for reading and writing, reading instruction should improve students’ writing and vice versa.
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Steve Graham and Carol Olson
Does evidence tell the same story?
        The simple answer is yes. Steve Graham synthesizes discoveries from several meta-analysis:

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Figure 1. Reading Practices That Can Improve Writing Outcomes.
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Figure 2. Writing Practices That Can Improve Reading Outcomes.

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The research reported here was supported by the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, through Grant R305C190007 to University of California, Irvine. The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not represent views of the Institute or the U.S. Department of Education.
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