Describes a strategy, useful in content area classes as well as English classes, which concentrates on using writing as a means of developing students' automatic ability to use basic sight vocabulary. (SR)

Evaluates Samuel Chandler Earle's 1911 presentation to the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education. Demonstrates Earle's role in the shift of technical writing courses that combined both the goals of an engineering curriculum with the real-world needs of the graduated engineer. Finds that Earle's "Tufts Experiment" provided…

Discusses the writing of poetry in middle school content classrooms as a link between content area concepts and writing to learn. Describes several poem types, includes poetry samples, and discusses special concerns in implementing poetry writing. (JPB)

Examines how visible students were as writers to instructors who were not acquainted with composition theory. Asks what identities faculty were crafting for themselves and their students (both consciously and unconsciously) and how those identities were revealed in their responses to student texts. Indicates that the content-area faculty…

Maintains that all teachers on interdisciplinary teams in middle schools should teach writing. Examines how content area teachers can use writing to enhance learning. Looks at three levels of student writing (correlated with complexity and time) that may be useful in content area classes. Discusses concerns about writing in content areas. (SR)

Shares some thoughts on and successes in assessment practices. Provides a collage of possible techniques from the literature that teachers might like to try in their classrooms in an attempt to broaden their assessment practices. (Contains 13 references.) (ASK)

Describes a chemistry course titled "Writing for Chemists", a junior-level course required of all chemistry and biochemistry majors at California State University (CSU) that covers all of the sections for writing both primary and secondary papers in the chemical sciences as well as the process of literature searching in both computer databases and…

Explains a writing assignment in which students select chemical reactions relevant to their lives and use them to write a critical analysis paper. (YDS)

Presents a case of a baby born with the genetic condition holoprosencephaly in which students explore the "Sonic hedgehog" gene, signal transduction, and the ethics of body and tissue donation. Presents a two-part assignment that features students writing an informed consent document that explains the science behind this congenital abnormality,…

In this article, the author details the process teachers can use to teach primary-age children how to use science notebooks. To lay the foundation for using notebooks, the author describes important elements of science notebooks and makes a distinction between science note-books and journals. In addition, the article highlights the benefits…

One of the newest Internet applications--the Weblog, or blog--is rapidly increasing in number as well as expanding in use. Blogs are used in various segments of society, including the business and educational worlds. They are a perfect fit for use in written business communication courses because of the ease with which writing examples…

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has invested in the development and dissemination of instructional tools to support teachers' incorporation of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) into their classroom instruction. Literacy experts have developed a framework and a set of templates that teachers and other educators can use to develop content…

The classroom practices discussed in "Effective Second Language Writing" reflect various trends and methodologies; however, the underlying theme in this volume of the Classroom Practice Series is the need for clear and meaningful communication between ESL writers and their readers. While approaches differ, two core beliefs are constant: ESL…

Like educators around the country, staff in juvenile justice facilities recognize the serious academic challenges that many of their students face because of low levels of literacy achievement. This "Adolescent Literacy Guide" provides guidance to administrators and teachers who want to increase opportunities for students in juvenile…

Writing in its many forms is the signature means of communication in the 21st century. This simple truth heightens the urgency to help all of our nation's students become strong writers and effective communicators. The National Writing Project (NWP) pursues this goal by focusing the knowledge, expertise, and leadership of the nation's educators on…