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Peer reviewedNey, James W. – English Education, 1980
Reviews the literature on sentence combining effectiveness; reports on research suggesting that much still needs to be learned about (1) the effects of sentence combining on writing ability, (2) the interaction of sentence combining with other activities, and (3) the efficacy of using sentence combining exercises beyond the eighth grade. (AEA)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Education, Literature Reviews, Sentence Combining
Barabas, Christine – 1980
Concerns that sentence combining has become the sole means of instruction in some college composition courses, that students are inadvertently getting the view that writing is essentially a mechanical manipulation of parts strung together, and that writing research has reduced writing to architectural structuralism made up of prewriting, writing,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Educational Theories, Sentence Combining, Syntax
Peer reviewedStotsky, Sandra – Journal of Reading, 1982
Reviews research and concludes that many studies support the use of various types of writing to help students develop their reading skills. (AEA)
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Reading Skills
Suhor, Charles – 1978
Sentence combining (SC) has proved to be valuable in increasing the syntactic maturity of students. However, teachers have felt uncomfortable with the arhetorical nature of SC. Little research has been done on the relation of cognitive processes and SC. SC might be more useful if account is taken of the fact that syntax is an abode for cognitive…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Discourse Analysis, Educational Research, Research Needs
Peer reviewedUlin, Richard O.; Schlerman, Betty Jane – High School Journal, 1978
The authors review studies which suggest that sentence combining exercises might improve composition in ways that traditional grammar has long been alleged to do, particularly in the areas of sentence structure, usage, ideas, and style. Implications are drawn for grammar instruction in the middle school. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Grammar, Middle Schools, Relevance (Education)
Download full textBrant, Jeffrey K. – 1989
An overview of the research literature reviews studies on the effectiveness of sentence-combining (SC) exercises in helping English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students integrate their knowledge of grammar into their writing. In the 1960s, Kellog Hunt published a series of articles that explored the relationship between SC and writing skills.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Higher Education, Language Research, Literature Reviews
Peer reviewedRose, Shirley K. – College English, 1983
Examines the use of sentence combining as a bridge between grammar and rhetoric during the past 100 years. (MM)
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Theories, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
Crowhurst, Marion – 1980
Research on the relationship between syntactic complexity and quality of written composition was reviewed to test the assumption that these two concepts are positively related. The studies reviewed, which have appeared during the past 15 years, fall into two broad categories: (1) intervention studies designed to increase syntactic complexity and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Freshmen, Difficulty Level, Elementary Secondary Education
