Writing and Motivation

Contributors vii Foreword Suzanne Hidi and Pietro Boscolo xi 1 The Multiple Meanings of Motivation to Write 1 Pietro Boscolo and Suzanne Hidi Section I: Theoretical Analyses of Motivation to Write 2 Why Write? A Consideration of Rhetorical Purpose 17 Nancy Nelson 3 The Wholetheme Window of Dynamic Motivation in Writing to Learn Critical Thinking: A Multiple-Source Perspective 31 Asghar Iran-Nejad, Jason Brian Watts, Gopakumar Venugopalan and Yuejin Xu 4 A Writer's Discipline: The Development of Self-Regulatory Skill 51 Barry J. Zimmerman and Anastasia Kitsantas Section II: Empirical Studies Investigating the Relationships between Motivation and Writing 5 Writing on an Interesting Topic: Does Writing Foster Interest? 73 Pietro Boscolo, Laura Del Favero and Michele Borghetto 6 Motivations for ESL Writing Improvement in Pre-University Contexts 93 Alister Cumming, Tae-Young Kim and K r . Eouanzoui 7 "Putting Things into Words": The Development of 12-15-Year-Old Students' Interest for Writing 113 Rebecca L. Lipstein and K. Ann Renninger 8 Writing Self-Efficacy and Its Relation to Gender, Writing Motivation and Writing Competence: A Developmental Perspective 141 Frank Pajares, Gio Valiante and Yuk Fai Cheong Section III: Intervention Studies Aimed at Improving Motivation to Write 9 Mark Twain's Writers' Workshop: A Nature Nurture Perspective for Motivating Students with Learning Disabilities to Compose 163 Virginia W. Berninger and Suzanne Hidi 10 Fostering Students' Willingness and Interest in Argumentative Writing: An Intervention Study 183 Bianca De Bernardi and Emanuela Antolini 11 The Role of Interest and Self-Efficacy in Science-Related Expository Writing 203 Suzanne Hidi, Mary Ainley, Dagmar Berndorff and Laura Del Favero 12 Observational Learning through Video-Based Models: Impact on Students' Accuracy of Self-Efficacy Beliefs, Task Knowledge and Writing Performances 219 Mariet Raedts, Gert Rijlaarsdam, Luuk van Waes and Frans Daems Section IV: Longitudinal Studies of the Development of Writing Motivation 13 The Role of Literate Communities in the Development of Children's Interest in Writing 241 Susan Bobitt Nolen 14 A Cross-Case Study of Writing Motivation as Empowerment Penny Oldfather and Cyndie Hynd Shanahan 257 References 281 Author Index 317 Subject Index 327 Previously Published Titles in this Series 333