This study examined student perspectives about writing by interviewing both typically developing and struggling writers in Grades 2 through 8. The findings revealed a progressive developmental pattern of writing knowledge in which novice writers place more emphasis on the physical product and local meaning, while more experienced writers focus on…

Gives two anecdotes by practicing teachers of their experiences with basic writers. Provides thick descriptions of two different basic writing students' attempts to write stories. Gives insight into the writing processes of basic writers. (HB)

Discusses a case study which suggests that educators should reexamine the way they presently teach reading and writing. Focuses on some of the educational/psychological contexts that influence the tacit reading/writing model of the subject. (MG)

Describes the integration of computers into the writing practices of a remedial English class in an urban high school. Analyzes the year-long written work of six students in the class. Concludes that the teacher's structuring of instruction had the greatest impact on both student writing and the ways computers entered into that writing. (HB)

Presents the case study of an African-American woman returning to a basic skills program in an inner-city community college, examining in particular a writing conference with the task of transforming telling of an experience into writing about it. (SLD)