Review of Evidence on Effective Ways of Teaching Complex Expression in Writing to Secondary School Pupils

1 July 2007 - 31 December 2007

PI/s in Exeter: Professor Debra Myhill

CI/s in Exeter: Associate Professor Ros Fisher

Funding awarded: £ 48,882

Sponsor(s): Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF)

About the research

This project was a commissioned review of international research into writing in older pupils in the secondary school phase, focusing especially on how writers communicate in a sophisticated way in their writing.   The final review was published by the DCSF:  www.dcsf.gov.uk/research/programmeofresearch/projectinformation.cfm