Argues that techniques for improving the reading and writing skills of vocational students at the secondary level should become a part of the daily instructional plan of teachers. (RB)

Argues that allowing information processing to proceed in adaptive stages will result in writing skills that are more accurate, complete, and individualized. (RB)

In the Bicentennial spirit, an English class delved into the histories of several deceased local people and wrote their epitaphs. (JH)

The right course in report writing improves trainees' writing quickly. With good assignments at its heart, it provides trainees repeated opportunities to write successfully, bringing their own language resources into conscious awareness. Not an academic subject, writing is a form of behavior. Five criteria for effective writing assignments are…

Author signed up for a creative writing course at a new community arts centre, which provided the opportunity for students to work with practising artists. (Editor/RK)

The author provides seven guidelines for writing a book review. Included in the guidelines are publication information, author background, purpose, scope, major themes, thesis, basic flaws, source material, and stylistic suggestions. (DE)

Points out that teaching technical writing to students whose specialties differ can be more interesting than teaching the conventional composition courses. (RB)

Discusses "Some Thoughts Concerning Education" by John Locke, and Charles William Eliot's Inaugural Address to the First Papish Church in an attempt to arrive at a coherent ideology on teaching composition. (RB)

Suggests that the act of writing is a process of discovery in which students become aware of their thoughts and acquire knowledge by making their ideas take shape on paper. (RB)

Suggests that a separation of the grammar (form) and ideas (content) in teachers' evaluations of their students' writings on literature must be maintained. (RB)

Presents a personalized glimpse of the education a writer receives as a result of preparing articles and other materials for publication. (RB)

Provides tips on how to improve yearbook copy by using the writing techniques of new journalism. (RB)

The assumptions underlying the two common approaches to composition instruction are examined. (JH)