States that news-lab editorial conferences are rich contexts for students to practice the construction and revision of stories for publication. Points out that a hierarchical mode of collaborative writing is predominant in the workplace. Suggests a theoretical framework for teaching and learning in lab classrooms. (PA)

Proposes abandoning the traditional auto mechanic metaphor for teaching news writing (which establishes the teacher's expertise at the expense of the student's learning) in favor of a dialogic method. Argues that dialogic learning that is double looped creates learning advantages for students, and models the social inquiry process of journalism.…

Explores correlates of college writing students' use of instructor comments. Considers interrelationships among writing apprehension, writing outcomes expectations, writing self-efficacy beliefs, and students' use of global and local feedback from instructors when students revise first drafts of news stories. Finds that writing apprehension, the…