Explains why instructors need to make report writing an integral part of courses in business and technical writing. Discusses the advantage of group projects on campus-related issues. (EL)

Describes the power of adult writing groups to stimulate learning and encourage language development, personal development, and writing skill development. (CRH)

Reports on a survey of business managers indicating (1) that managers consider skills in written and oral communication important to career success and employee job performance and (2) dissatisfaction with employees' ability to communicate effectively. Suggests aligning at least some writing assignments more closely with job-related writing tasks.…

Describes a creative writing and reading class assignment in which each student was required to make a 20-minute presentation as a catalyst for student writing (such as a poem, song, object, or picture). (EL)

Describes the emphasis on creativity in expository writing in a college composition class. Outlines four traits of creativity promoted and encouraged in student nonfiction writing and writing assignments for that purpose. Includes samples of students' creative nonfiction. (HTH)

Discusses students' writing in mathematics, focusing on (1) creating stories; (2) writing mathematical essays; (3) expressing feelings and beliefs about mathematics through diaries and anecdotes; and (4) the use of dialogs. The strategies considered have been used at the high school and remedial college levels. (JN)

Discusses writing strategies that can be used in mathematics classes, including: (1) free writing; (2) writing in journals; (3) in-class writing; and (4) term papers. A checklist for evaluating student's writing is included and a rating scale for central idea, organization, development, style, and technical control is given. (JN)

An experiment designed as a combined laboratory and classroom study was done with 12 male Norwegian third graders with dysgraphic problems. The remedial program was based on cybernetic principles and individualized. Results favored the experimental program but were only significant with regard to accuracy scores; speed writing exercises were not…

Discusses the benefits to be derived from full collaboration in the writing process. Suggests that students learn from sharing their abilities and difficulties and gain emotional and technical support from working with their peers. This is particularly helpful for those students who lack confidence in their writing. (RBW)

Describes a business communications class assignment to complete an annotated bibliography on high technology communication and its objectives. Includes questions discussed by the class on the due date of the assignment. (HTH)

Describes a writing assignment to help students develop the capacity to anticipate and deal with the counter arguments of a skeptical reading audience, in which classmates offer rebuttals to student position papers. A sample peer review form is included. (HTH)

Suggests that learning to write should be mastered before a research paper is ever assigned. Presents exercises developing student skill in using source materials to express their own ideas. (MM)

Describes the use of computer based exercises for copy editing and tutorial dialog for lead writing instruction. (HOD)

Describes a teaching unit, "Writing Detective Stories," that stimulates students to want to read and to discover what they want to say and write. Offers suggestions for use by teachers in guiding students through the process of writing. Lists detective stories that children enjoy. (FL)

Rather than learning just a series of responses to drills, a student can learn "real" French by using L2-L2 (second language) precis work in the language laboratory. The student listens to a previously unheard text and then reproduces it in a shortened form. (CFM)