In the instruction and learning process, the role writing plays has often been overlooked. Writing is thinking! It is a tool for learning in all content areas. The ever-growing body of brain research supports that learning to write transitions into writing to learn as students progress through upper elementary, middle, high school, and college. Writing is much more than the ability to craft an analytical essay. Writing has the potential to engage students in critical thinking and critical reflection as historians, mathematicians, scientists, or experts in any content area.Writing is Thinking explores methods and activities to effectively incorporate writing to help learners successfully master, analyze, apply, and express content knowledge.

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 masters in reading program at Saint Leo University.

Preface

Chapter 1- Writing-to-Learn- Lin Carver and Lauren Pantoja

Chapter 2- Writing with The Brain in Mind- Candace Roberts

Chapter 3- Writing as a Tool for Social Change- Ebony Perez and Christina Casanave

Chapter 4- Writing as a Snapshot of Thinking - Holly Atkins, Kim Higdon,& Nakita Gillespie

Chapter 5- Note-Taking versus Note-MAKING! - Carolyn Graham and Carrie Fallon-Johnson

Chapter 6- Springboards for Writing in Mathematics- Christine Picot

Chapter 7- Writing to Support Science Learning and Success- Laura Altfeld and Cheryl Berry

Chapter 8- Writing Like an Historian- Padraig Lawlor and Chantelle MacPhee

Chapter 9- Keeping it Real: Supporting Writers in the English/Language Arts Classroom- Holly Atkins and Lisa Delgado Brown

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