This essay examines a case study that investigated how students learned and how they applied their writing skills as they pursued publication in an undergraduate scientific journal at a Canadian university. As we conducted a genre analysis of student drafts submitted to the journal and interviewed students who published in the journal's inaugural…

Aim/Purpose: This study explores how online writing groups facilitate the academic identity development of doctoral scholars. Background: Academic institutions around the world, and especially in developing societies, are demanding increasing amounts of research and publications from their doctoral scholars. The current study used an online…

Challenging students to educate the public about how rhetoric functions is a primary impetus of the argumentative dictionary eBook. In this author's classes, "rhetoric" means the communicative tactics and strategies used to motivate actions and beliefs. With its emphasis on open-access rhetorical pedagogy, this project and its impetus…

A course is described that prepares graduate students in the sciences to publish research, grounding them in the processes of academic publishing and encouraging them to publish their research in a timely fashion. This article addresses some key questions about the course: What previously unmet need does it meet? What subjects does it cover? How…

This paper examines how students learn to collaborate in English by participating in an intercultural project that focuses on teaching students to work together on a digital writing project using various online tools, and documents their reflections working in an intercultural context. Students from Université Paris Sud Orsay and Bonn…

Publishing a research journal can be a rewarding and useful learning experience for undergraduate students. Drawing upon our experiences with "The Pi Sigma Alpha Undergraduate Journal of Politics," we describe the benefits of producing a peer-reviewed journal. Among the benefits we highlight are gains in political science knowledge, increased…

Analyzes a humorous monologue, stressing the particular techniques and uses of language, and discusses six traits of humor that talented high school journalists should study. (RB)

Lists fourteen dos and don'ts for the beginning writer, especially the student journalist. (RB)

Provides tips on how to write interesting prose for student publications. (RB)

Provides examples of lively, interesting yearbook copy and outlines 12 rules for writing effective copy. (GT)

Discusses the importance of sports reporting in student publications and provides some tips for writing an effective story. (RB)

Suggests ways to write effective sports reports for high school publications without relying on cliches and worn-out descriptions. (RB)

Points out the need for good text copy in school yearbooks and offers suggestions for recruiting good writers for the yearbook staff, finding and researching copy ideas, and writing interesting, readable copy. (GW)

Offers suggestions for putting personal excitement into feature stories. Includes examples of "classic" feature story leads. (HTH)

Suggests the importance of writing newspaper stories with a fresh angle and illustrates the point liberally. (TJ)