Topic: National Writing Project

10-second review: Students of teachers who participated in National Writing Projects were better writers than students of teachers who were not participants in National Writing Projects. They were better in content, structure, stance and conventions.

Title: Writing Project Professional Development for Teachers Yields Gains in student Writing achievement. Berkeley, CA: National Writing Project. Retrieved from the Internet on July 14, 2009.

Comment: In my experience, most of what participants in National Writing Projects produced as writers was pure gush—almost entirely narrative and personal writing. Never did I see writing samples form the Projects that were expository in nature. I will have to study carefully this research in order to be persuaded that students of teachers who participated in National Writing Projects were better than students of teachers who did not participate in National Writing Projects. RayS.