This report, part of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) survey, describes one facet of the national assessment of writing. The students--9-, 13-, and 17-year-olds who constitute the sample for the NAEP studies--were told to use their best writing but were not told that their papers would be examined for mechanical correctness.…

This book, designed primarily for writers, contains 100 chapters of instruction by contemporary writers, editors, and literary agents. A list of 2,500 markets for manuscripts is also provided. Part 1 contains articles which analyze the essence of writing and deal with such topics as writers' talent, creativity, and background. Part 2 focuses on…

Of the various accomplishments of the Conference on College Composition and Communication during the 1970's, three decisions have been outstanding: organizing and assisting two-year college English teachers, supporting the racism and bias committee, and adopting the resolution on the students' right to their own language. These decisions, with…

The staff of the Individualized Language Arts Diagnosis, Prescription, and Evaluation Project, a funded ESEA Title III program, has developed methods based on a diagnostic-teaching framework designed to analyze students' writing skills for grades 1-12. The program structure also provides teachers with methodology for developing and reinforcing…

This book contends that systematic oral and written exercises enable students to overcome many difficulties encountered in writing English. The first chapter is a general discussion of the teaching of composition today. The second section describes an experiment in oral composition drills in a seventh-grade class. The third section describes the…

This document is a collection of working papers written to meet the specific needs of teachers who are starting to think about and write performance objectives. It emphasizes qualitative objectives as opposed to quantitative classroom goals. The author describes quality objectives as marked by their clarity, accessibility, accountability, and…

Although there is no one best way to teach writing, the creation of a learning climate in which students have the least possible chance for failure will facilitate the learning process. Factors influencing success include student interest in the subject, specifically understood objectives and criteria, genuineness of the teacher, progression from…

In assessing the evaluation of student compositions, it is evident that even when objectives for freshman composition are established, there is little agreement or consistency among faculty regarding the transfer of these objectives into operational terms. A study conducted at Eastern Kentucky University compared the long term effects of two…

Designed for a 6-day training session, this manual includes a 27-item reading list of references for letterwriting (five of them government publications), detailed instruction, and nine examples of good letters. Examples and exercises are provided on how to write as you talk, good and poor opening sentences, coherence, transitions and linking…

This bibliography contains separate listings for business writing and for technical writing. Books written in English between 1950 and 1973 are included. Only the most recent edition is listed for each book published in several editions. (AA)

This document presents the results of a survey concerning the percentage of mathematics, science, and social studies teachers who assign writing to their students and the percentage of textbooks in these three content areas which include writing assignments. Some of the findings were that mathematics and science teachers favor reporting over…

This document contains two research exercises entitled: "Revising Rough Drafts into Short and Simple Texts" and "Developing Vote Curriculum Criteria Based upon Federal Guidelines." The first exercise can be used by educators wishing to conduct a proposal writing workshop centered around the development and writing of acceptable goals, objectives,…

An evaluation of Special Project E-109A, Development of Teaching Aids for Adult Basic Education/English (Second Language) Adult Education Programs, by the project consultant was based on five project visits and bi-weekly communication with the project specialist. Evaluation was directed to an analysis of the basic structure of the teaching packets…

The primary purpose of this booklet is to provide useful class and small group discussion tools for allowing students to inductively discover certain fundamental characteristics of language structure and to directly relate the study of sentence structure to the development of writing skills. A series of experiments is provided to serve as models…

The Experimental English Composition Program, developed at Oklahoma State University, responds to the university's need for practical composition courses and the English faculty's concern for humanistic courses. This program presents a variety of instructional options with more personalized learning manuals and a combination of individually paced…