Recommends using Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives as an aid to involve students in their writing and to overcome stilted diction while discovering that writing is a process. (CRH)

Describes the standard student contribution to the literary magazine and offers substitute writing assignments. (CRH)

Discusses a study of the reliability of a categorical instrument for evaluating compositions written by upper intermediate university English as a second language students. The instrument tests organization, logical development of ideas, grammar, mechanics, and style. Results indicate that the scoring instrument is moderately reliable. (SED)

Presents a case study of a fourth grade boy writing science fiction in a writing workshop. (HTH)

Describes a cloze test designed to measure writing flexibility, then examines its effectiveness in distinguishing experienced college-level writers from the inexperienced ones. Concludes that the measure is effective and that responsiveness to style features is a significant component of experienced writing. (FL)

Describes a testing task and scoring instrument for determining a reader's comprehension. (HTH)

Reviews "Before the First Word," the first film of a projected trilogy about writing, and two cassettes from the new videotape series "Teachers Teaching Writing," a project that grew out of the National Writing Project. (EL)

Outlines a unit on teaching business communication students the complexities of writing in-house memoranda. (AEA)

Discusses six ERIC documents reporting computer applications in reading and language arts. (FL)

Describes four strategies that can help develop children's sense of story structure: story patterns, circle stories, story pictures, and story maker. (FL)

Traces the career of Mrs. Martha Louise Rayne, writer and founder of a school of journalism for women in 1886. (FL)

A New York State rural school district converted a school bus into a self-contained Publishing Activities Center (PAC) that helps develop students' reading and writing skills. (MD)

The craft of writing is accessible to everyone. To revive it will require that students learn more--read more history and literature and philosophy--and think about problems and the ways human beings have responded to the universal dilemmas of life. (MLW)

Surveyed accounting department chairpersons and managers of accounting firms to determine their perceptions of (1) how new accountants communicate and (2) available instructional methodologies. Found a strong dissatisfaction with both skills and training. (PD)

Teaching methods that elementary art teachers in British Columbia involved in an interdisciplinary art and language arts program have successfully used to help children experience an art project and then write about it are discussed. (RM)