Many teachers have had a favorable response to their experimentation with digital feedback on students' writing. Students much preferred a simpler system of highlighting and commenting in color. After experimentation the author found that this color-coded system was more effective for them and less time-consuming for her. Of course, any system…

In two-year college writing classrooms and beyond, peer review is one of the most widely used tools for helping students improve their writing. Despite its widespread usage, however, it is one of the most diffuse, inconsistent, and ambiguous practices associated with writing instruction. This essay aims to explore the widely varying terminology…

Describes a method for grading composition papers which uses careful marking and individual conferences. Four sample grading grids are appended. (HOD)

Offers a technique to develop the student's ability to critically evaluate another's writing as well as his or her own. (HOD)

Suggests that teachers use a tape recorder, with students resubmitting an erased cassette tape with each composition, for recording responses to written work as an alternative to the less instructive comments written in the margin of a paper. (HTH)

Describes a program that will help college students by directing them towards meaningful, clearly understandable, short range goals, and by helping them gain control over important aspects of their spelling problems. (CRH)

Explores the difficulties of teaching students who speak diverse English dialects. Identifies the importance of Standard American English in college and the workplace. Notes that, as dialects reflect people's cultures, teachers and the community must respect the value of diverse dialects. Provides teaching strategies, classroom activities, and…

Presents suggestions for composition teachers who have ESL students and no formal training in teaching English as a second language. Provides 25-item bibliography on curriculum design, current papers, cultural aspects of writing, and reading. (RAE)