Journals are proving their worth as tools for learning. Students who keep journals for class purposes can think more clearly about what they learn and can define problems for themselves. The use of a journal for 100 percent of a grade is described. (MLW)

Asserts that writing assignments should be collaborations between students and instructors. Explores stages of the writing assignment and offers suggestions for making each step purposeful and successful. Includes an appendix offering a scale for trait analysis of compositions. (EV)

Common notions about what college writing centers are and do are examined so that faculty and students may understand how to make the best use of them. Issues discussed include their organizational status and role, audience, and specific functions and activities. The structure and objectives of tutoring sessions is briefly addressed. (MSE)

This article provides college teachers with specific suggestions for improving students' writing styles and techniques. Elements of readability, sentence structure and combination, and overall construction are outlined and stylistic strategies are explained with numerous examples. (MSE)

Contract grading is seen as a way to enable instructors to assign written work and respond to it helpfully so that their students will learn from the experience. Experiences with contract grading in a sophomore literature class are described. (MLW)