Discusses how recently developed techniques of writing across the curriculum can enhance the literacy of mathematics students. Supplies samples of students' journal entries to illustrate how writing helps students understand math concepts and terminology. (NH)

Discusses the need for increased collaboration and dialogue among foreign-language instructors and English teachers at the high school and college levels, focusing on the basic contributions such dialogue could provide to improving and increasing participation in such programs as "Writing Across the Curriculum." (CB)

This document brings together six papers on language skills and language arts teaching of gifted students. "The State of the Art Issues in Language Study for High Ability Learners: Thinking about Language with Gifted Children" (Michael Clay Thompson) considers two areas traditionally included in discussions of language study--grammar and…

The paper describes four major patterns that emerge in studies of college student intellectual development. Quotations from students' writing about their epistemological beliefs and quotations from professors' writing concerning their courses and students are related to the four patterns. Characteristics of student writing associated with each…