This paper, which searched studies of the teaching behavior of elementary school writing teachers, found few studies with documented evidence of actual teaching behaviors. Most studies were concerned more with examining teaching approaches than with examining actual teaching behavior involved in the approaches. The writer argues that the…

This brief digest of the results of the National Assessment of Writing compares the writing abilities of a sample of 17 year olds, in school and out, with an adult sample aged 26 to 35. In writing for social communication, 57% of the adults and 75% of the 17 year olds wrote descriptions that were judged acceptable. When asked to describe an auto…

This study was conducted to determine the effect of remedial instruction in English usage upon writing competence in a college business letter-writing course. It was hypothesized that remedial instruction in English usage would not affect an individual's letter-writing achievements. Subjects were 50 matched pairs (IQ, Freshman English, grade, age,…

Form, content, and style are stressed in this quinmester program in the creative writing of short stories. The program, which is offered by the Dade County Public Schools, is designed for students who wish to improve their writing skills in order to compose a structured short story. Among the learning activities suggested by the program are…

This study provides an evaluation of a program for teaching English Fundamentals and Writing Skills at Cerritos College (California). The new program divided the old English grammar and composition course into two ability-grouped sections: one dealing with sentences, and the other with paragraphs. Students started at their ability level and moved…

Instructional objectives for a junior college course in technical report writing for police science students are presented. The objectives are offered as samples that may be used where they correspond to the skills, abilities, and attitudes instructors want their students to acquire. They may also serve as models for assisting instructors to…

The free-writing program presented in this book and illustrated with student writing samples emphasizes student writing which is alive and valuable and which is to be read by real persons, who respond. New material in this second edition focuses especially on these points, in three chapters: writing in and for a group of helping commenters…

Five arguments supporting creative writing programs in the language arts curriculum are presented.

Draws on the work of students in several classes to argue that the best stimulus for creative writing involves a fusion of comprehension, note-taking, and discussion work to provide a ready-made thematic structure for students' work. (AA)

Provides a chronological overview of the author's teaching experience, which has led to greater emphasis on principles, techniques, and structures in the teaching of writing. (AA)

Reviews the current concern about writing and concludes that it is merely a symptom of problems in the culture as a whole. (AA)

Draws an analogy between the choices made in selecting one's attire and those made in writing in that both articulate identity and recognize appropriateness. (DD)