Investigates reasons to utilize student journal writing in composition classrooms. Presents current research in psychology and epistemology providing insight into the value of journal writing. Shows through numerous student journal excerpts how journal writing helps students progress in their intellectual development. (HB)

Suggests that using sociolinguistics as the subject of a semester-long course leads to real and exciting research rather than technically correct but lifeless "dummy runs" for real research in freshman composition courses. (MG)

Presents an educational case study in which an English-as-a-Second-Language student brings a draft of his argument essay for freshman composition to a tutor in a university writing center. Presents a response that examines several ways in which the study has challenged an educator to think more deeply about beliefs. (SG)