Graduate students are excited about the fieldwork phase of their research. It is thrilling to interview people, dig into archives, crunch numbers, and observe experiments in a lab. Unfortunately, when ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information The Journal of Basic Writing is a refereed journal founded in 1975 by Mina Shaughnessy and is published twice a year with support ...

This article explores the particular challenges and possibilities of service learning pedagogy for basic writers. Because a number of scholars of service learning and basic writing (Adler-Kassner, ...

Writing a dissertation to get a degree and award basically will not consider how to make academic innovations for your dissertation. As a result, it is very difficult to publish it and to publish it.

Includes updates and/or revisions. At a time when many teenagers are consumed by such activities as text-messaging, blogging, and social networking, more middle and high school students than in the ...

If you ever felt the urge to write but found yourself held back by a nagging voice of doubt? What if you could silence that voice and let your creativity flow freely? Many writing beginners struggle ...

In grade school, we were required to try our hand at playing an instrument. I, along with about 30 of my fellow 4 th graders, wanted the drums. I ended up with the clarinet. I did not want to play the ...

The practice of students endlessly copying letters and sentences from a chalkboard is a thing of the past. Teaching perfect strokes and proper curves in cursive writing is no longer at the top of a ...

We investigate the state of basic writing skills. New Zealand needs houses that are "more warmer", according to Housing Minister Nick Smith. "If your 18 by any chance don't forget to vote!!!" wrote ...

Writing a business letter is all about understanding the basic elements and general formatting of business correspondence. The business letter itself is a direct and focused letter with few ...