A writing program that emphasizes daily writing practice, artistic as well as mechanical criticism, group work, student interests, and revision is being successfully taught in several elementary and high schools. (CJ)

Free-written descriptions of self and others were obtained from 190 adolescent boys and girls. Descriptions became longer, more "psychological," and more organized over adolescence. Modes of constructing persons were positively correlated across different stimulus persons. Self-descriptions tended to be more person-centered than…