Describes the difficulties which Chinese students have in writing English and presents excerpts from student compositions to illustrate stylistic and thematic characteristics of student writing at the University of Hong Kong. (FB)

To get its policy deliberations translated to written form, the Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania, school board turns to its part-time policy assistant. (Author)

Suggests that the metaphor of the writer as potter is more revealing of the actual act of composing than is that of the writer as map-maker. (RD)

Investigates the differences in syntactical structure of sentences written by school children of different ages and of different abilities within the same grade. Writing of certain adults is also studied. (MH)

Effects of creativity instruction on creative writing of 49 learning disabled intermediate students were examined. Analysis of Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking scores revealed that Ss in the experimental group made significantly greater scores than a control group on the creative thinking variables on the verbal (written expression) subtests.…

Examined two aspects of the relationship between oral and written language for third-grade students (N=77). Results indicated that moderate relationships existed between grammatical aspects of oral and written language. Oral language proficiency significantly differed for groups rated high, medium, and low on the basis of written language…

Describes a teaching game for bibliographic formatting that emphasizes the importance of noting author, title, and publication information precisely while using accurate formatting and punctuation. (HTH)

Suggests five ways that K-12 teachers can use writing activities to teach knowledge and skills in social studies. Writing tasks are designed to help students learn how to form hypotheses, generate new knowledge, conceptualize, reinforce learning, and develop empathy. (AM)

Explains and illustrates some rarely explained and often underemphasized punctuation principles. (AEA)

Presents opposing views on the wisdom of teaching student writers to write for an "audience." (JL)

Concludes that ease of reading and lexical diversity and story length are related to reader perceptions of a newspaper's trustworthiness and competence. (FL)

Since the need for better communication in the accounting profession is evident, report writing should be emphasized in the accounting classroom. Three points to consider in writing reports are: (1) interpretation of accounting information, (2) presentation of the report, and (3) writing style. (JOW)

Discusses a study to determine the writing skills and projects which are most important to an accountant's success. Determined that students should be taught to prepare narratives, letters, and analytical reports. The student should learn to (1) write concisely, (2) construct smooth sentences, and (3) make conclusions. (JOW)