Discusses the relationship between subjective evaluation and objective measures of ESL writing proficiency. Objective measures used in this study accounted for 84 percent of the variance of subjective grades assigned to a sample of compositions. Author suggests that training readers can be important to the reliability and the validity of the…

Intermediate students in a class for the educationally handicapped were given access to a word processor so that they could spend their energies on organizing ideas rather than on using the pencil and paper. Students revised the printed copies of their assignments and received final copies without mistakes. (CL)

The study assessed the effects of using a creative writing scale as an evaluative and instructional tool with 61 gifted primary grade students. Ss in the creative writing program showed significant differences over control Ss on the "Test of Written Lanugage, the "Sager Writing Scale," and the "Writing Attitude Survey."…

Discusses the effectiveness and reliability of the cloze procedure and its usefulness as an advertising copy-testing technique. Concludes that it can distinguish more memorable from less memorable messages. (FL)

A program in which very able older (14- to 15-year-olds) students write for younger ones (5- to 7-year-olds) features six-phase approach that includes composition of an idea, illustrations, the manufacturing process, optional animation, preview and publishing, and presentation of the final product. (CL)

Discusses public library rule that requires young children to print their names legibly to qualify for a library card. The case of a scribbling kindergartener, reading and writing readiness, comments on requirement from several children's-services coordinators in public libraries, printing size, skinny pencils, and the parents' ultimate…

A bilingual first grade teacher and bilingual teacher educator share how they collaborated in a learning and teaching experience to facilitate, guide, and evaluate bilingual children's literacy and biliteracy development using journal writing. Tables outline directions, questions, solutions, and insights for establishing a daily journal writing…

Describes the development of a course in organizational, as opposed to business, writing and its advantages and disadvantages. (AEA)

A review of the evolution of second-language immersion program testing reveals that the focus has shifted from listening and reading comprehension to productive skills of speaking and writing. Immersion students learn to speak and write well enough for communication but not well enough to be indistinguishable from native speakers. (MSE)

Concludes that nominal writing style, substituting nouns for verbs, adversely affects reader interest and reading speed. (FL)

This third article in a series of six articles on typewriting as a communication skill discusses the following strategies for teaching/learning writing: Group Approach--Related Learning Guides, Reteach, Alternative Learning Materials, Dyad Learning (Peer Tutoring), Tutorcards, Involvement of Others, and Realistic Composition. (HD)

Proposes that while teachers are teaching students how to write more complex sentences, they provide students with the techniques to read increasingly more complex sentences as well. (DD)

A paper presented at a workshop on "Teachers Writing" at the 1976 Conference on English Education. (DD)

Suggests that journalism teachers can improve writing skills through both news reporting and advertising copywriting. (KS)