A class position paper was a success in providing "relevance" in a course in American Foreign Policy. (Editor)

Address presented at the 1969 Seminar in Albuquerque, New Mexico of the Association of Departments of English (ADE), an affiliate of the Modern Language Association of America (MLA). (DS)

Identifies and discusses teachers' goals for composition instruction and five kinds of writing: addressed or rhetorical, semi-rhetorical, exploratory, expressive, and artful. (RD)

Describes an activity in which students selected a character from a play or novel and acted that role before the class. (SW)

A paper presented at annual spring conference of New York State English Council (New York, April 1968) and published originally in The English Record," journal of the Council. (Editor/RD)

Compares engineering faculty work load at Brigham Young and Purdue Universities based on an analysis of ten types of teaching assignments. Suggests that administrators adapt time measurement scales of faculty work load to include actual classroom time, preparation and follow-up, assigned research, personal development, committee work, and student…

Examines the differences in quality ratings that 20 teachers in each of three high school curricular areas gave samples of written argument by college freshmen and investigates the relationship between the three groups of quality ratings and eight syntactic and mechanics-of-writing variables. (FL)

Suggests that inappropriate book selections, the book report/test syndrome, and ineffective assignments turn students off to reading. Recommends alternative English classroom techniques (reading groups, oral and dramatic activities, writing, and media) to encourage students' enjoyment and appreciation of literature. (SJL)

A study compared two methods of teaching writing by varying the number of writing assignments. The group with less writing practice and more theory instruction was found to be equal in achievement to the group that received extra writing practice. (A suggested method of teaching business writing is presented.) (LRA)

Suggests ways of designing poetry writing assignments so that students are motivated to practice a particular writing skill. (RL)