This article is based on an ethnographic study carried out by the author on children and young people's diaries in a Swedish web community called "Youngsters." Its goal is to provide an insight into what some children write in their diaries in this web community and what the favourite topics are as depicted in these narratives. The focus…

One preschool-age child's literacy-oriented, self-initiated games and play are described in this report. Some of the games used decontextualized print, some focused on contextualized written language, some were number games, and some involved letters and words. Commercially produced games were used in addition to games constructed at home; these…

The primary purpose of this manual is to provide a guide to the procedures and techniques to be used in creating an index to minutes. It contains instructions for setting up the index in card form, for determining subject headings, for selecting index card entries, for utilizing the index in card form or converting it to page form, and for…

The present study attempted to analyze the agendas and minutes of meetings of State boards responsible for community colleges to ascertain the problems they face and gain some knowledge of the items that occupy their time. Board members' opinions were obtained as well to determine their perceptions concerning the major problems facing community…

An exploratory study into the bias associated with faculty self-reporting of time and effort is reported. The paper delves into the question of whether or not there is bias in faculty reports of time and effort and whether a pattern to any such bias might appear. The methodology for conducting the study involved gathering faculty estimates of…

Describes literary accounts of the trauma of the Blitz and discusses their possible uses in the classroom. (RL)

The article describes use of dialogue journals (in which teacher and student communicate privately in writing) to improve the writing of learning disabled students. Dialogue journals provide a means for students to use reading and writing in meaningful, purposeful ways. (DB)

Educable mentally retarded students (N=6) made daily dialogue journal entries for 40 days. Analysis of topics, language functions, and syntax revealed that: students produced functionally relevant, interactive communication; topics were more appropriate to chronological (18 years) than mental age (10 years); and written linguistic production was…

A study of the impact of a self-directed contract learning course on participants' pre- and post-course scores on the Self-Directed Learning Readiness Scale, course evaluations, and student attitudes as reflected in diaries is reported, along with a discussion of the findings' significance for understanding self-directed learning. (MSE)

Recounts 1815-1817 travels of John Singleton V, an Anglo-Irish Protestant landed aristocrat (ca. 1793-1877), as recorded in travel journal bound with manuscript catalog for library of Quinville Abbey, County Clare, Ireland. Titles in private library's collection are noted. Thirty-seven library holdings cited in Singleton's travel journal are…

This anthology presents excerpts from the journals of 40 of today's most noted writers, along with their comments on the role of journal-keeping in creating their art. Besides being generally instructional to other writers and a lesson in how to create a personal journal, the anthology is a look at writers in the midst of creating. It includes…

This book offers an entire year of journaling ideas--some serious, some "silly," but all tied to the calendar year. In fact, the book's sections are the months of the year. Each idea in the book comes with a fact-filled introduction and aims to prove that writing does not have to be boring or dull. As a special feature, many entries in…

In recent years, articles about second language learning strategies and about second language pronunciation instruction have been on the increase. Surprisingly, there appears to be no published study to date that focuses on the relationship between pronunciation and learning strategies. This exploratory study focuses solely on documenting and…

A parent diary was used as part of an assessment of a 26-month-old severe-to-profoundly hearing-impaired child's expressive language. The diary data, which is appended, were used to obtain information about the child's expressive vocabulary, mean length of utterance, and verbal, semantic, and pragmatic performances. (Author/SEW)

Will McCall, noted educator and author, now in his ninetieth year, feels that the diary he wrote as an eight-year-old Kentucky mountain boy may be his most enduring work. Short excerpts from the diary are included. (Author/NQA)