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Writing and Reading for All

We are a team of national and international researchers aiming to investigate the diverse factors that shape writing and reading development in primary education. We are particularly interested in learning more about how children’s transcription skills (e.g., handwriting, typing and spelling), reading abilities, executive functioning skills, and motivation for writing impact the development of effective writing. Since writing development is shaped by the context and the community in which it takes place, we are also interested in understanding how schools and families can foster the development of children’s writing skills and motivation for writing.

Teaching Writing for All in Primary Education

Teaching Writing for All in Primary Education

The main objective of this project was to provide critical information on writing instruction in Australian primary schools.

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Handwriting and keyboarding skills in the Early Years

Handwriting and keyboarding skills in the Early Years

This project investigates Year 2 students’ abilities, attitudes, and self-efficacy to write paper-based and keyboard-based texts and teaching practices promoting effective writing development, including practices for teaching handwriting and keyboarding skills.

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Write at the start, all kids need to keyboard

In Australia, children are expected to develop computer-based writing skills as soon as they start schooling yet the writing performance of students is plateauing or even declining. Across the globe, results from national standardised tests show a large percentage of students writing at or below basic proficiency. That includes Australia.

Handwriting fluency in kindergarten linked to better reading abilities

Children who handwrite fluently in their first year of school are likely to be better readers a year later, prompting researchers to urge caution about relying too heavily on technology in the classroom.

In these pandemic school days handwriting still matters!

During the last 1000 years handwriting has been the prevalent mode of writing. In today’s increasingly digital world, writing is changing as fast as we exchange emails, texts and tweets.

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