A scientist explains the processes he uses to draft and redraft articles for scientific journals. (RL)

Presents a professional writer and writing teacher's ideas on writing and the writing process. (JL)

Relates one participant's impressions of an international conference on writing that was held in May 1979 at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. Notes the differences between American and British writing research. (RL)

The author uses introspection to consider the critical aspects of the writing process. (RL)

Provides an absorbing analysis of the composing process as the author reflects on the act of writing in which he is himself engaged. (HOD)

Argues that English teachers should write and reflect on their own writing process and allow their students to know that they are doing so. (HOD)

Six participants in the Third International Conference on the Teaching of English share their views on the contributions made during the conference. (HOD)

Future directions in the teaching of writing must focus on the classroom and on ways of making the classroom situation more effective. There is a need to consolidate the new insights into writing and the writing process into effective classroom practice. (HOD)

Argues that literacy development should focus on thinking and speaking skills so that students can critically evaluate the oral and written rhetoric in their daily lives and become more articulate and lucid communicators. (HOD)

Emphasizes the importance of participatory, consultative interaction among teachers using the Conference Writing Process (CWP) in the classroom. Describes CWP as inclusive of gender, class, and ethnicity. Discusses how CWP actively involves students in talking, reading, and writing. Considers the appropriateness of this method at one high school.…