Article presents a study to determine whether the apparent benefits of ITA over TO were long-lasting or ephemeral. (Author)

Suggests that skills need not be taught in isolation for they will be learned if the student has sufficient motivation. Suggests that teacher set in motion a reading, writing, speaking, listening and rewriting program with the ultimate goal of publication. Includes examples of the work of some of her own students. (RB)

Excerpted from a chapter in the forthcoming book, Children Learn to Communicate" (Prentice Hall). Considers the problem of how bibliotherapy can be placed appropriately in an English program focused on creative problem solving. Case studies. (RB)

Suggests ways in which the newspaper can be used to teach reading and other language arts skills. Also gives suggestions for its use in other content areas. (VJ)

In our media-dominated society, journalism education is being pressed into profound changes of approach and course content. (Editor)

Speech delivered at the Annual Meeting, National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), November 28, 1969, in Washington, D.C. (DS)

Shortened version of a paper presented at the Fall 1967 meeting of the Iowa Council of Teachers of English (ICTE). (DS)

Discusses techniques and advantages of teachers conducting conferences with individual students to discuss compositions. (SW)

A closet drama describing how a father's concern that his son learn creative and communicative writing in grade school is frustrated by a computerized, depersonalized program which stresses all writing problems are really reading problems." (DE)