Describes the use of summary writing as a combined project for college reading and writing courses for basic skills students. Includes student samples and handouts. (HTH)

Results of this study indicated calculator algorithms can serve as an effective alternative instructional strategy where computational skill is an instructional goal. (MP)

A collection of articles provides current instructional information to softball players and coaches. Topics discussed in the series include practice, basic skills, defense, pitching, catching, offense, and warm-up exercises to be used in conjunction with other conditioning drills. (JN)

Mathematics instruction of a basic course at The National University of Lesotho is reviewed. The criteria and material for this special course are covered along with aspects of individualized instruction, class teaching, course topics, evaluation techniques, and limitations in the program. (MP)

Identifies problems and decisions made surrounding the implementation of a basic writing program. (HOD)

Recruitment of underprepared students, the policy of social promotion in the grades, and declining achievement of high school students--as measured by standardized tests--seem to be resulting in declining writing abilities among college students. Implications for college instruction and educational research are discussed. (LBH)

Suggests techniques English teachers can use in responding to the back-to-basics movement by examining social class memberships and power relationships that accompany language behavior. (DD)

Looks at correctness in writing as a sociolinguistic phenomena that conveys information about the author in terms of his or her capacity to write as a college student and in a form commensurate with academic standards. Concludes that correctness has a sociolinguistic role crucial to the field of basic writing. (TB)

Cooperative learning is a set of instructional strategies in which students are grouped in teams working together toward a common goal. Cooperative learning provides for student interaction in a way that dramatically increases discussion and critical thinking without sacrificing achievement. (JOW)

Claims that recent reassessments of Mina Shaughnessy's "Errors and Expectations" and the field of composition in the 1970s overlook the institutional forces that helped shape the rhetoric and methodology of researchers at that time. (HB)

Presents an overview of the topic of this special issue, "Literacy through University-School Collaboration." Gives brief summaries and comments about each of the articles in the issue. (HB)

Replicates, using diverse quotations grouped under four metaphors (dreamcatcher, gatekeeper, spider web, safety net) representing the dissonance of the reading/writing processes as they might be experienced by basic skills readers. Questions the relationship of basic skills to its students; implements D. Bartholomae's recommendations to reform of…

Describes how the military fights against illiteracy, suggesting military methods are useful in teaching young adult civilians. Highlights: the origins of functional context education in the military; work toward literacy in the Vietnam war era; applications to teaching civilians; and the K-12 education system. Functional context education can…

Investment in literacy upgrading can pay rich dividends in both quality of life for individuals and benefits to society. Literacy can become the gateway to a fuller understanding of ideas and responsible participation as citizens. Unfortunately, academic abilities of schooled youth are not keeping pace with the skills/knowledge requirements of…

A discussion is presented of the component in the Educator Improvement Act (mandated by the state of South Carolina) which provides an evaluation procedure for prospective teachers beginning in the freshman year in college and ending during the first year of teaching. A description of the basic skills Educational Entrance Examination includes…