Compares successive versions of research proposals prepared by two different biologists to show how, in revisions of their texts, they altered their personae and their relations to the literature of their fields. (FL)

Content or subject matter, interpersonal relationships, and symbolic means of representing meaning are interacting elements that affect language use. The elements have been described as the field, tenor, and mode of discourse. The influence of these concepts on what children write, why they write, and for whom they write are explored. (DF)

Argues that classical rhetoric has much to offer basic writers, including the fact that rhetoric and ethics are intertwined. (DF)

Describes a study which explored developmental changes in preschoolers' knowledge of the writing system. The children were asked to write four utterances without knowing the purpose of the request and without additional explanations. The purpose was to determine how early children's graphic responses in decontextualized situations have features of…

Considers four issues that arise from work on origin and evolution of writing: (1) the functions of writing, (2) influence of writing and writing systems on the writer, (3) role of writing topic on writing, and (4) writing and the decontextualization of knowledge. Also considers the implications of these issues for research on and the teaching of…

Provides some historical sense of how the writing process/writing product antithesis developed. (HOD)

A college study examined whether students' ability to learn FORTRAN was related to the characteristic way they separate and organize information. Results and implications for further study are offered. (DF)

Presents specific practical suggestions about evaluating and selecting word processing programs and text editing programs for students learning to write on microcomputers. (CRH)

Describes a pilot program that used computers to help teach creative writing to children in New York's South Bronx. (CRH)

Discusses efforts at teaching children in kindergarten how to write, indicating that emergent readers can indeed write with scribbles, random letters, numerals, and sometimes words. Discusses their dictation, journal content, writing stages, and developmental trends. (HTH)

Howe describes the creative writer's responsibility as writing from his or her own inner person or truest self to the inner person of the reader. (CRH)

Urges that beginning writers be shown that by maintaining a consistent and appropriate rhetorical stance they not only signal their own role but also indicate the proper role for the audience to play. (MM)

Provides an absorbing analysis of the composing process as the author reflects on the act of writing in which he is himself engaged. (HOD)

Using electromyography, an investigation was made of the interaction between covert language behavior, rhetorical modes, and the reading and writing processes. (HOD)

Discusses the benefits of using a word processor for composition in the areas of prewriting, revising, proofreading, and printing. (AEA)