Weinberg on Writing: The Fieldstone Method

Software Quality Professional;  September 1, 2006 ;     480 words ...Weinberg on Writing: The Fieldstone Method Gerald M. Weinberg...salient, meaningful pieces takes skill. Writing them in such a way that they are actually...learn either of those skills. Weinberg on Writing is a book on writing about real things...

Tips for professional writing.

Annals of the American Psychotherapy Association;  September 22, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Abstract Writing and psychotherapeutic interpretations each...though both processes require similar skills, writing often seems more formidable. This article presents some tips on ways to begin writing, choose a journal, format a manuscript, and...

Words open window to secret of healthy writing.(The Dallas Morning News)

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  July 16, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Writing is such a wonderful job that anybody who does it ought to be happy. OK, let's not exaggerate. But writing does have its benefits. In fact, several famous writers have mentioned how much writing has helped them cope with life's misfortunes, such as mental...

Writing Assignments -- Are students getting enough of them?

Yakima Herald-Republic;  April 30, 2003 ;     573 words ...Writing has become so neglected in America's classrooms that most students can't create precise...prose, according to a national report. To address the problem the National Commission on Writing in America's Schools and Colleges has called for a writing revolution. Commission members are challenging schools ...

Who cares about writing? We do!

University Affairs;  June 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...A writing studies professor offers a spirited reply...graduate studies Those of us in the field of writing studies are delighted to find a positive response to the question "Who cares about writing, anyway?" (University Affairs, April 2008...

Writing, Society and Culture in Early Rus, c.950-1300.(Book Review)

Canadian Journal of History;  August 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Writing, Society and Culture in Early Rus, c.950-1300, by Simon Franklin. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2002. xvi, 325 pp. $98.00 Cdn (cloth). Writing about writing, a task which occupies a significant portion of a historian's professional career, has often occurred without sustained...

What's new in ... the formative assessment of writing.(Forms and Functions...

The Clearing House;  November 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Writing assessment continues to be of unprecedented concern to...Virtually every state legislature has mandated tests of writing, the first commonly surfacing at grade four, the last in the senior high school. Unfortunately, it can be argued that writing tests help to determine where one falls, and where ...

The Art of Writing for Publication

Journal of College Student Development;  September 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...The Art of Writing for Publication K. T. Henson Needham Heights...mystery seems to surround this task of writing for publication. A number of people aspire...quietly dream about it. I have seldom found writing about "how to write" helpful. There are...

Writing to learn in a content area. (writing as an educational medium)

The Clearing House;  January 1, 1993 ;     700+ words ...Although writing across the curriculum has been emphasized...Educational Progress found that student writing performance has shown little improvement...informative, persuasive, and imaginative writing, only 25 percent of eleventh-grade students...

Three approaches to progress: understanding the writing of exceptional...

Exceptional Children;  April 1, 1988 ;     700+ words ......Approaches to Progress: Understanding the Writing of Exceptional Children Within the past...have come to recognize, once again, that writing is a phenomenon of great social significance...increased research and practice in the writing area. Researchers and practitioners have...

Review of Because Writing Matters.(Because Writing Matters: Improving...

Journal of Teacher Education;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...National Writing Project & Nagin, Carl. 2003. Because Writing Matters: Improving Student Writing in Our Schools. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 160 pages. DOI: 10.1177/0022487105284478 The evolution of writing pedagogy in the United States during...

Publish or perish: writing under pressure.(Inspirations)

Pediatric Nursing;  May 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Writing for publication is difficult for many nurses. It's not...pressure of time when we sit down to write. In addition, writing itself often brings a knot of pressures. What should we...anxieties that prompted the dream that initiated this piece of writing for me. Dream Tips for Writing I heard ...

Writing as transformation: a new paradigm for content writing.(Panoramas...

The Clearing House;  September 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ...Whether it is called content area writing, writing to learn, or writing across the curriculum, the concept of having students write in all academic disciplines has gained wide acceptance in recent years. A growing body of theory and research supports...

Craft meets art as professors try Writing Across the Curriculum

Journalism & Mass Communication Educator;  January 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ...Writing Across the Curriculum began in the mid-1970s as merely...English professors whose cause is to advance the idea of writing as a means of improving learning and whose main approach...faculty, who work in a field more intimately connected with writing than most, tend to shy away from teaching the ...

Writing for the Health Professions.(Book Review)

Hospital Topics;  June 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Writing for the Health Professions, Karl Terryberry, Clifton Park, NY: Delmar Learning, 2005, 347 pages, $44.95. One of the most necessary skills for healthcare professionals today is the ability to clearly communicate both verbally and in writing. Writing for the Health Professions is a reference guide for ...