Writing Tips for Adult Learning

3 key points from the “Writing tips for adult learners” article.


1. Departments must have report standards to help officers with their writing.
A. Manual in outline form
B. Act as a guideline and checklist of information in the report.
C. Supervisors must be trained and hold subordinates to that standard.
D. The key to good writing is supervision –Repeated learning and practice such as the use of computer speller to help you be a better speller.

2. Administrators must recognize and adjust for the conditions under which officers must write.
A. Sleeplessness or not be fully adapted to the schedule.
B. The brain and hand don’t work together.

3. Tips to help tired officers write better.
A. Be simple – Better understanding and reaches its audience.
B. Follow the rules of punctuation
1. Comma- pause in a sentence
2. Colon- sets off a list of words. No list, no colon
3. Semicolon- links togethe...