Discusses the emphasis that the National Council for Teachers of Mathematics' (NCTM) "Principles and Standards for School Mathematics" puts on the need for all students to organize and consolidate their mathematical thinking through communication and communicate their mathematical thinking coherently to others through writing. Concludes…

The teacher of a graduate course on learning organizations wrote and shared a learning journal with students, demonstrating her role as a co-learner in a learning community. Written feedback from students gave the teacher important information about their learning processes. (SK)

Illustrates how preservice teachers in a children's literature class grapple with issues of gender and gender equity through reflective journal writing and literature discussions in one semester of an undergraduate elementary education children's literature class. Describes preservice teachers' movement toward development in their awareness of…

Presents journal entries over one semester of the author's experiences teaching poetry to "SIE VII" special education students at PS 162M in Harlem. Notes that "SIE VII" is a New York City Board of Education classification for children who "display severe emotional disturbances, such as infantile behaviors, lack of self control, and withdrawn or…

Presents nine learning activities on polysyllabic words, letting go of control of other people's learning, setting a baseline for language-minority students, word banks for adult literacy, student journals in the workplace ESL classroom, effective definitions for word learning, "Readers Areas" in public places, and students writing to athletes.…

Presents two classroom activities designed to get students' questions without stress and to use journals for content area comprehension. Discusses informal reading inventories and the consensus model of reading. (RS)

Analyzes the effects of particular patterns of teacher response to second grade students' entries in dialogue journals. Results show that elaborative responses lead to increased written output and more complex stories by students. (PCB)

Notes that even specific journal writing assignments tend to elicit intimate feelings and expressions from students. Notes that English teachers often question their ability to respond in positive ways to such intimacies. Argues that English teachers should learn about legal implications, response options, and their own individual values to…

Reports a successful application of writing across the curriculum theory and practice at the introductory accounting level. Discusses the advantages of informal and formal writing assignments. Presents a number of suggestions designed to facilitate the use of writing across the curriculum techniques and to help ensure their successful application.…

Describes one American Literature class' experiences upon studying the writings of Henry David Thoreau. Emphasizes the importance of student "carryover" of skills and information previously learned. (RS)

Includes five teaching suggestions: "From Marvell to Tennyson to Eliot: Or Are You a Prufrock or a Ulysses?" by Bill Shaw; "Attendance and Contact Records," by Kaye E. White; "Viewer Mail," by Paul Hunter; "Electronic Journal," by James W. Smith; "Responding to a Need-for-Advice Question," by John…

Measures the effects of training students to make annotations vs. training them in journal writing, as preparation for objective and essay tests on novels. Finds annotations more effective for objective test items but not for essays. Finds that writing inferential annotations appeared to be correlated with answering inferential questions…

Relates what the author learned about learning through journal writing, namely: strategies to make order from confusion; ways to connect one's learning to the rest of one's life; ways to become aware not only of what we learn, but of how we learn, both alone and together. (SR)

Two surveys of university students examined the behavior of diary-keeping. Indications of motives for diary-keeping and the material entered in diaries suggests the behavior is a means of organizing one's life and for expressing thoughts, feelings, and emotions. The organizing characteristic of diary-keeping was often a useful strategy for…

Argues that time spent encouraging students to reflect about their learning is well invested. Offers four specific statements about what helps students to reflect: (1) students need relevant reasons for reflection and assurance that their reflections will be accepted; (2) students' opinions and judgments must be generally valued; (3) students need…