Identifies problems in the computer-supported group writing of MBA students who are both novice strategic report writers and novice users of technology that supports group work. Suggests several reasons for these problems. (KEH)

Outlines an assignment in which a teacher used portfolios as the basis for a final examination to give students a chance to assess their own writing and their progress. Discusses the success of the assignment and the teacher's surprise at the students' insight into their own strengths and weaknesses. (PRA)

Offers an annotated bibliography of 142 dissertations, journal articles, and documents published in 1990 and 1991. Contains material on writing, language, literature, and teacher education. (PRA)

Investigates the effects of letter writing on the writing of sixth graders. Describes the process of establishing a communicative relationship between the writer and the audience. Finds that students' writing improved in the following areas: length, syntax, paragraphing, openings and closings, questions, topics, and borrowed features. (PRA)

Surveys perceptions of technical writing held by department heads at a technological university regarding: (1) content, instruction, and assessment of a technical writing course; and (2) writing products and processes. Calls for writing program administrators to study the institutional context for courses and programs in technical writing. (SR)

Presents guidelines used by a first-grade teacher to teach students to write fictional stories based on things they know and using children's literature as models. Describes the benefits of writing workshops and outlines a method for teaching techniques that professional writers use. (SM)

Uses ethnographic field methods to investigate the ways that scientific authors develop an understanding of their audiences. Finds that, rather than writing a text for an abstract audience, these scientists engaged their readers in direct interactions to obtain a clearer sense of their concerns. (RS)

This paper highlights the salient, and sometimes invisible, features of the standard format for reporting special education research and provides guidelines for novice writers. The paper offers general considerations about planning and writing for publication, discusses components of the research report, and reviews the editorial process and…

Annotates and reviews five professional resources concerning the comprehension processes of reading and mathematics and recommends several ideas for classroom practice. (MG)

This article reviews research on the revision component of the writing process with hearing and hearing-impaired or deaf students. Special issues to consider in hearing-impaired children's revision include variability of the deaf population, level of writing skill, level of reading skill, and student response to revision. (JDD)

Demonstrates how portfolios can be used to motivate students, promote learning through reflection and self-assessment, evaluate and change curriculum, replace or validate tests, and evaluate student writing processes, among other things. Describes the experiences of students at a junior high school and two high schools in California, and draws…

Relates language research to policy work. Shows how two common formats for writing policy reports (bureaucratic and legal) can incorporate both product features and process knowledge. Suggests an alternative report format building on contributions from personal accounts of events. (95 references) (MLH)

Contrasted texts and behaviors of six English-as-a-Second-Language writers, as they wrote a practice essay test, with their texts and behaviors in an actual English composition proficiency exam. The process-tracing techniques employed in this study enabled observation of composing behaviors with the focus on what the writers did in the two…

Relates the story of a teacher research project, a case study designed to consider how word processing affected an undergraduate student's writing process, especially in terms of revising and of detecting basic surface errors. Describes research articles that substantiated what were originally thought to be idiosyncratic writing techniques. (PRA)

Studies second, fourth, and sixth grade students to answer four questions to determine whether comprehension of anaphora is a strong structural factor in children's personal composition as it is in reading comprehension. Concludes that students' reading and writing are correlated in the frequency and use of singular and plural pronouns. (MG)