As one step in the development of an instructional program designed to teach composition skills to primary-grade children, a tryout of approximately five months duration was conducted with first-grade children during the last five months of the 1969-70 school year. Fourteen classes used the composition program in conjunction with the SWRL…

Since cassette recordings are used to teach foreign languages, why not also use them to teach English? This study tested the use of tape cassette messages to criticize student papers. One group of students in beginning freshman English classes heard tape recorded criticisms of their papers; another group served as a control. Overall, it was found…

In an attempt to improve student preparedness for entry into transfer-level freshman English composition, the English department of Long Beach City College (California) inaugurated a new program to improve writing skills. In the past, students who demonstrated a deficiency in their command of English usage, by low achievement on a standardized…

Designed to assist in writing scripts for audiovisual productions, this self-instructional program leads the novice through eight considerations of the scripting process: nature of a script, audience, objectives, content outline, treatment, development, storyboard, and further analysis. Each chapter deals with one item relative to certain stated…

In expository writing, making an outline may prove helpful, but it is just as likely to prove inhibiting. While traditional textbooks advocate making a formal outline, recent studies, books, and articles question the value of formal outlining for all students. Alternatives to the formal outline include making only a rough plan or sketchy lists of…

To effectively carry out three-way conferences or any form of evaluation that supports individualization and promotes growth, it's important to learn to describe behavior rather than make inferential judgments or diagnoses. Suggestions for writing behavior descriptions were made. (Author/RK)

Proposes studies in the area of technical writing for the purpose of improving instructional materials. (RB)

Suggests that the real value in the current concern with research in writing lies in the belief that writing and the teaching of writing are activities that matter, rather than in specific "findings" or "techniques." (AA)

Includes checklists to use as an aid to developing contacts in industry, selling a letter and report writing seminar program to industry, developing the program content, presenting the program, and evaluating the program. (RL)

Describes a method of teaching students how to make connections between sentences that they write or read. (DD)

Describes how to have students in technical writing courses turn term papers into brochures suitable for publication. (MKM)

Careful use of analogy can create interesting and sharp writing. Some of the problems are that an analogy imposes an attitude, there must be a counterpart, details may or may not correspond point-for-point, and an analogy starts in difference and is then brought into the realm of likeness. (TJ)

The author, who is a poet, finds that it's "no good trying to be literary" with inner-city children. (Editor/RK)