Strategies are presented for using dialog journals to improve the written communication skills of students with hearing impairments. The strategies involve using dialog journals not only in self-contained classrooms but also in resource rooms and inclusive environments, including the regular education teacher as a third person, and having deaf…

Describes an ethnographic study conducted to determine if writing could assist student learning in a college data processing class. Indicates that although most students were able to write expository essays and had passed the City Writing Assessment Test, there was little transfer of skills to course content. (MAB)

This paper presents and comments on an experiment on teaching grammar that was started at Gettysburg College (PA). Using a proficiency-based approach, this course uses films as texts that provide a cultural, visual, and linguistic context in which the class functions. (six references) (JL)

Asserts that learning to teach is a pervasive and continuous process. Contends that little is known about what, when, and how teachers comprehend the teaching processes, their students, and the curriculum. Reports on a study of eight student teachers who kept journals about well-remembered events during their 13-week student teaching period. (CFR)

A second-grade teacher studied student development when writing occurred daily in the classroom. Assignments included journal, paragraph, and creative writing. The teacher assumed that with daily writing, reading, and spelling would improve. Results indicated that students' reading and writing improved but not spelling; and with forced daily…

Begun in 1972 as an alternative for students with attendance problems, the ALPHA program is still flourishing. Now attended by at-risk and volunteer students, this Michigan alternative high school offers individually tailored learning opportunities. Students complete traditional graduation requirements via workshop classes, independent study,…

Describes how a teacher in a program for mildly learning-disabled special education students in a large high school has incorporated into classroom discourse difficult and controversial issues surrounding gender and power. Describes the use of journal writing to improve gender-based interaction, writing focused on male-female relationships, and…

The article outlines the use of reflective journal writing to help develop preservice teachers as reflective practitioners. Journals allow students to determine their own focus and what they want to understand, and to have their ideas seriously valued as knowledge being personally constructed. The importance of collaboration is examined. (SM)

Writing during math supports students' learning as they clarify their ideas and highlight what they understand. This article presents math and writing strategies, answers to common questions, various math writing assignments, and math activities that lead to writing. (SM)

A case study is reported involving a detailed content analysis of the daily journal writing of 20 teaching assistants. Results showed that most students approved of and benefited from journal writing, particularly for improved confidence and language fluency and as an outlet for stress; however, little analytical or reflective writing took place.…

Describes exercises in which students create a fictional character from history and write a journal entry in a cooperative group activity. Discusses further assignments in which individual students create additional characters descended from the original for study of later historical periods. Suggests that the project demonstrates how historical…

Discusses a case study designed to explore modeling as it relates to the use of invented spelling by very young writers. Examines the effects of metacognitive modeling by peers. Suggests the value of having good writers model their thinking processes for immature writers as they use invented spelling. (MG)

Examines the way one ninth-grade English teacher used the film "Dances with Wolves" as part of a thematic unit entitled, "Strength from Diversity." Shows how the film was used and provides responses from many students in the course to the film. (HB)

Studies the pedagogical growth of two student art teachers as measured by their language during practicum interviews. Measured the level of description of teaching activity and level of explanation of activity success. Delineates the value of this research and notes factors that limit the drawing of broader conclusions. (DSK)

The purpose of this study was to examine reflections of students who engaged in interactive reflective journal writing with a course instructor; the strategy was integrated into a graduate-level computer-mediated course. Findings suggest that the process of reflection may be actively facilitated through interactive journal writing. (Author/AEF)