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Assessing Grammar Teaching Methods Using a Metacognitive Framework.

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Burkhalter, Nancy – Journal of Teaching Writing, 1996

Discusses acquiring knowledge implicitly, versus explicitly, as it relates to learning grammar. Codifies three grammar-teaching methods (traditional grammar, sentence combining, and the functional/inductive approach) by plotting them on a metacognitive model of language skills that examines analyzed knowledge and cognitive control. Shows how this…

Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, Grammar

The Evaluation of the Traditional Grammar Curriculum in The Netherlands.

Peer reviewed

Wesdorp, Hildo – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1984

The two major justifications for the traditional grammar curriculum in Dutch schools are: (1) its superiority to direct skill training in improving general language ability; and (2) its facilitation of teaching and learning foreign languages. An evaluative investigation, which included a literature review and logbook and textbook surveys, found no…

Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries