Discusses the personal characteristics and leadership techniques that empowered Arthur Flemming to effectively assume the roles of Chairman of the United States Civil Rights Commission and United States Commissioner on Aging. Comments and insights are provided on the leadership and style of Mr. Flemming. (Author/BH)

Argues that the ESL profession has been teaching cultural literacy for some time. Suggests what ESL can add to discussions of teaching cultural literacy. (NH)

Discusses some parameters that account for changing assumptions about novelty across disciplinary communities. Argues that many of the insights required in a parameterized theory of newness have not yet made their way into theories of rhetoric or written composition. (MS)

The article reviews the research on composition and transcription writing skills conducted with elementary-aged learning-disabled students and published during the last five years. Conclusions are drawn concerning the influence of: text production method, specific interventions, text structure knowledge, word presentation form, and…

Writing an effective letter or memorandum should not be difficult. Suggestions on how to write more effectively are presented including: think about the audience, make an outline, use conversational language, think typographically, and read it aloud. (MLW)

The study designed and validated an instructional sequence to promote the generalization of learning strategies to improve written expression acquired in remedial settings to mainstream settings. The article delineates elements necessary to promote generalization of skills with learning disabled populations. (Author/DB)

Reviews the ethnographic criticism literature and considers its potential applications for the teaching of ethnographic writing. Discusses three major areas: (1) textbook organization; (2) use of first-person and other forms of narrative voice; and (3) teaching political awareness of choices of language and literary forms. (MW)

Argues that video technology can provide a motivational tool for learning and practicing language arts skills. Describes the steps in a video production process as analogous to the steps in the writing process. (RS)

Discusses problems with the use of "technical logic," transmuted into "comp-logic," in composition classrooms and textbooks. Maintains that students can produce more effective argumentative discourse by borrowing from either modern informal logic or neglected classical stasis theory. (SR)

Describes a combined process writing approach and extended conference method of writing instruction applied to eighth grade students. Presents the experiences of several students who refused to write at first but soon became proud of their writing after several extended conferences. (RS)

As part of an argument for social and textual views of literacy, this review summarizes some of the accomplishments and shortcomings of constructivist accounts of reading and writing activity. A rhetorical perspective calls attention to the way language use crystallizes relations between readers and writers. (SLD)

Presents a transcript of an extensive interview with composition theorist and historian Winifred Bryan Horner. (HB)

Argues that the recent feminist analyses of gender and power can illuminate the situation of the profession of composition studies as it has struggled for legitimacy and power within the academy. Focuses on the negative consequences of identification with the sciences and social sciences on the part of empirical researchers as the field struggled…

Seven sixth-grade students with learning disabilities were taught the metacognitive strategy PLEASE for use in writing paragraphs. Results suggest that, compared to the traditional language arts curriculum, the PLEASE strategy was more effective in developing students' metacognitive abilities for prewriting planning, composition, and revision as…

Explains how a teacher taught a composition course at a community college through electronic and networked computer systems. Describes how the course was organized on the computer; how he composed instructional materials; what some of the special instructional concerns were, such as plagiarism; and what some of the possibilities for developing the…