Research By Topic

Digital Writing

Argumentative Writing

Academic Language

This section provides evidence-based approaches to teaching and learning online writing. ​

This section provides up-to-late research on teaching of argumentative writing.

This section provides innovative and evidence-based instructional strategies for elementary through university teaching.

Writing Instruction

Writing Models

Writing Assessment

This section highlights studies examining different aspects of writing instruction from various perspectives.

 This section highlights different theoretical models of writing.

This section highlights studies that strive to explore effective writing assessment approaches.

Writing in Middle School

Writing in High School

Featured Research

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Steve Graham, Co-Principal Investigator for the WRITE Center.

Steve Graham is the Warner Professor in the Division of Leadership and Innovation in Teachers College. For over 40 years he has studied how writing develops, how to teach it effectively, and how writing can be used to support reading and learning. His research involves typically developing writers and students with special needs. Steve is the editor of the Journal of Educational Psychology. He is the co-author of the Handbook of Writing Research, Handbook of Learning Disabilities, APA Handbook of Educational Psychology, Writing Better, Powerful Writing Strategies for all Students and Making the Writing Process Work. He is also the author of three influential Carnegie Corporation reports: Writing Next , Writing to Read, and Informing Writing.

Selected WRITE Center Presentations

Writing Analytics (2020): Digital Writing Across the Curriculum

LRA (2019): Shedding Light on Research-Based Approaches to Teaching Argument Writing in Grades 6-12

​NCTE (2019): Introducing the WRITE Center

UCI Literacy Conference (2019): Strategies for Teaching Source-Based Argument Writing, Grades 6-12
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WRITE Center Launch Keynote (2019): Research-Based Best Practices in Writing Research