Presents a detailed description of a scribe and his client in Mexico producing a letter through "joint composition," a term used to refer to letter-writing episodes involving two or more active participants. Shows how the participants negotiated their points of view and pooled their knowledge to produce a specific type of document. (PA)

Discusses the electronic publishing system called Many Using and Creating Hypermedia (MUCH). The MUCH system supports collaborative authoring; reuse; formatting and printing; management; hypermedia publishing and delivery; and interchange. This article examines electronic publishing environments; the MUCH environment; publishing activities; and…

Examines three classroom techniques for facilitating actor/filmmaker collaborative scriptwriting situations: improvisation, "contentless scenes" used to develop notions of subtext, and beat analyses (breaking scripts into character beats) used by directors to create characters that come alive on the screen. (SR)

Finds that the group-writing method of instruction helped students to write better, use writing time more efficiently, and gain experience in communicating in the small-group situation. Finds no correlation between grades and student opinions of the quantity of work achieved, type of person who hindered the group the most, and whether the student…

Describes playwright Suzan Zeder's collaboration with playwright David Saar and director Carol Evans on the development of a script for young audiences which deals with the AIDS virus. (SR)

Describes a process for evaluating technical writing students who are working in groups. Discusses task sheets, progress reports, evaluation forms, and the final individual evaluation. (PRA)

Discusses reasons why cooperative learning and collaborative writing deserve the attention of business communication teachers. Suggests possible research questions for study. (SR)

Discusses aspects of collaborative writing in the workplace, including styles of management and collaboration; deciding whether to adopt a collaborative approach; research and implementation; collaboration in process; and evaluation, recognition, and rewards. (SR)

Addresses issues that arise when children collaborate in writing. Suggests ways in which an understanding of the social nature of writing can help teachers create a more effective classroom learning environment in the language arts. Discusses the collaboration involved in producing an illustrated children's book and observations of children…

Describes how recent research in industry and academia on collaborative writing has redefined authorship, documented writing experiences, developed models, and established guidelines for successful collaboration that include attention to both writing processes and group processes. (SR)

Questions the effectiveness of incorporating collaboration into classrooms and expecting instant results. Discusses the highly individualistic pedagogy that students have already been steeped in. Calls for practical measures and instruction in collaborative skills which will foster collaborative learning. (HB)

Describes the use of a personality assessment tool, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, to facilitate effective collaborative writing on the job and in the classroom. (PRA)

Discusses various aspects of collaborative writing and advocates its use in college journalism courses. (SR)

Presents a framework for third-grade writers and their partners called L.A.M.P. (Listening, Asking questions, Making suggestions, and Positive comments). Notes that the author uses this collaborative planning exercise periodically, not for every writing piece. (RS)

Suggests computer networking can support the essential purposes of the collaborative-writing movement, offering opportunities for sharing writing. Notes that literacy teachers are exploring the connectivity of computer networking through numerous designs that use either real-time or asynchronous communication. Discusses new roles for students and…