The lifespan development of writing / [edited by] Charles Bazerman, Arthur N. Applebee, Virginia W. Berninger, Deborah Brandt, Steve Graham, Jill V. Jeffery, Paul Kei Matsuda, Sandra Murphy, Deborah Wells Rowe, Mary Schleppegrell, Kristen Campbell Wilcox.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Towards an understanding of writing development across the lifespan -- Writing development in early childhood / Deborah Wells Rowe -- Linguistic features of writing development: a functional perspective / Mary Schleppegrell and Frances Christie -- Multiple perspectives on the nature of writing: typically developing writers in grades 1, 3, 5, and 7 and students with writing disabilities in grades 4 to 9 / Virginia W. Berninger, Kira Geselowitz , and Peter Wallis -- Adolescent writing development and authorial agency / Kristen Campbell Wilcox and Jill V. Jeffery -- "The faraway stick cannot kill the nearby snake" / Sandra Murphy and Mary Ann Smith -- Writing development and life-course development: the case of working adults / Deborah Brandt -- A writer(s) within community model of writing / Steve Graham -- Lifespan longitudinal studies of writing development: a heuristic for an impossible dream / Charles Bazerman -- The challenges of understanding developmental trajectories and of designing developmentally appropriate policy, curricula, instruction, and assessments.

"Presents the results of a four-year Spencer-funded project to synthesize what research says about writing development at different ages from multiple perspectives, including psychological, linguistic, sociocultural, and curricular"-- Provided by publisher.