Teresa Limpo, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Portugal,Thierry Olive, Senior Researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) & Universit? de Poitiers, France
Teresa Limpo is Assistant Professor at the University of Porto, Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences (Portugal). Her main research interest focuses on the study of the cognitive and non-cognitive factors involved in youngsters' acquisition and development of academic competences. She is author of several articles examining the cognitive and motivational processes involved in the academic skill of writing.
Thierry Olive is senior Research Scientist at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS, France). He carries out research in experimental psychology to understand the capacity of individuals to produce written language. His research investigates the cognitive underpinnings of writing in skilled adult and in children learning to write. He also studies digital writing tools. He has published numerous articles, chapters, books, and special issues on cognition and writing.
1. Introduction 1. Why should we be looking at the relationship between executive functions and writing?, Teresa Limpo and Thierry Olive 2. Models of executive functions and writing 2. Current issues in the conceptualization and measurement of executive function skills, Michael Willoughby and Kate Hudson 3. Executive control and the Writer(s)-Within-Community model, Steve Graham 3. Methods for assessing executive functions and writing 4. Assessment of executive functions in children, Helen St Clair-Thompson and Yunhong Wen 5. Capturing the challenges in assessing writing: Development and writing dimensions, Julie E. Dockrell and Vincent Connelly 4. Executive functions and writing across the lifespan 6. Executive functions and writing skills in children and adolescents: Developmental associations and dissociations, Stephen R. Hooper, Lara Costa, Edmund Fernandez, Alexandra Barker, Courtney Valdes, Stephanie Catlett and Melissa Green 7. How do executive functions issues affect writing in students with neurodevelopmental disorders?, Marisa Filipe 8. Promoting executive functions during the writing process, Linda Mason and Stacie Brady 9. Executive functions in skilled writers, Thierry Olive 10. The aging writer, S?o Lu?s Castro and Regina Abreu 5. Conclusions and future directions 11. Broader approaches to defining, assessing, and strengthening executive control in writing, George McCLoskey 12. Executive functions: Rediscovering their roots with the help of writing, George Georgiou 13. The future role of executive functions in education: From acquisition to knowledge and effective application, Sam Goldstein and Keith D. McGoldrick
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