With a simplified alphabet and interactive computer programing, John Henry Martin has developed a system by which children can learn to read and write far better than usual. In this interview, he explains his approach. (Author/MLF)

The National Writing Project's widespread summer institutes bring teachers together to experience writing techniques directly and to develop their own curricular approaches to teaching writing. The project owes its success to involving teachers in the problem-solving process rather than having them depend on externally developed curricular…

Summarizes 25 years of teaching research, highlighting changing implications and developmental continuities. Discusses process-outcome research, including school effects and teacher effects inquiry, and research on teaching for understanding and use of knowledge, meaning construction, subject matter teaching, indepth study of fewer topics, and…