A review of recent thought on scholarship within the frame of student research under the direction of the professor's guidance stresses the latter's role. (MU)

The objectives of teaching composition are examined and the need for students to participate actively in the learning process is emphasized. (MM)

The article describes the procedure for developing poems on the typewriter and presents the first poem in the medium. (Editor)

Bringing in a newspaper article to the Freshman Composition class every Monday has had positive results. A short paragraph telling why the article is significant must accompany the article. (MF)

By utilizing basic sentences to which free modifiers can be added to suit individual student's viewpoints, the teaching of language skills can be improved and made more pleasant. (RA)

Suggests some basic steps for understanding and constructing an effective executive summary. (AEA)

Discusses 10 rules of thumb for writing educational research reports that are concise and accessible. The principles include writing in terms of people, emphasizing the positive, editing for simplicity, and breaking any of the previously discussed rules when necessary. (HTH)

Proposes that all the rhetorical sources of argument--"ethos" and "pathos" as well as "logos"--are essential to technical writing and should be taught. (RL)

The author reviews research on the relevance of teaching grammar to improve composition skills and finds that research studies conducted over the past 75 years have indicated there is no correlation between ability in grammar and quality of composition. (KC)

Points out two facets of the concluding section of a problem-centered report: the semantics of three widely used terms--finding, conclusion, and recommendation--and what can be done to clarify them; and how these terms can be put into useful patterns that will facilitate organizational decision making. (FL)