Syntactic Maturity, Mechanics of Writing, and Teachers' Quality Ratings.

Stewart, Murray F.; Grobe, Cary H.

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Publication Date: 1979-Oct

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Syntactic Maturity, Mechanics of Writing, and Teachers' Quality Ratings.

Stewart, Murray F.; Grobe, Cary H.

Research in the Teaching of English, v13 n3 p207-15 Oct 1979

A study of the results of a New Brunswick (Canada) evaluation of writing in grades five, eight, and eleven revealed that teacher-evaluators were more influenced by the length of compositions and their freedom from simple mechanical errors than by students' control of syntax. (DD)

Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation, Evaluation Criteria, Failure, Writing Skills

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Language: English

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