44: The One About: Writing Research with Stephen Ciullo and Alyson Collins

The One About:
Writing Research with Stephen Ciullo and Alyson Collins
Article #1
The findings from this study raise substantial concerns about the preparation to teach writing
general and special education teachers receive in their preservice program.
“Special and General Education Teachers’ Beliefs About Writing and Writing Instruction”
Steve Graham, EdD, Alyson A. Collins, PhD, and Stephen Ciullo, PhD
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00222194221092156
Article #2
More emphasis needs to be placed on teaching writing and reading together. Such instruction
and research on its effectiveness needs to be expanded so that teachers and schools have
access to a more nuanced, integrated, and spiraled model or combining writing, reading, and
content instruction.
“Writing Expository Essays from Social Studies Texts: A Self-Regulated Strategy Development
Study”
Collins, Alyson A.; Ciullo, Stephen; Graham, Steve;
https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1306487
Dr. Stephen Ciullo
Bio:
Stephen Ciullo is an Associate Professor of Special Education at Texas State University. His
research focuses on two topics. First, he studies the extent to which classroom writing
instruction provided to students with disabilities aligns with research evidence, and how
observed instruction relates to students’ writing performance. Second, Stephen is interested in
interventions that enhance teachers’ effectiveness in the area of writing and content-area
knowledge.
Dr. Alyson Collins
Bio:
Alyson Collins is an Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at Texas State University.
She is a Dyslexia Therapist/Academic Language Therapist and is a member of the Academic
Language Therapy Association.