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Peer reviewedMorrow, Daniel Hibbs – Research in the Teaching of English, 1988
Proposes a method for describing the relationship between writing error and style shifting rates across communicative situations. Finds that errors diminished in proportion to the tendency of students to select grammatical features that are shared by Black American English and Standard American English in formal communicative situations. (RAE)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Black Dialects, Code Switching (Language), Error Analysis (Language)
Ireland, Rochelle – 1979
A survey of 42 faculty members in the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) was conducted to aid in the development of a spelling course for VCCS students; 21 questionnaires were returned. The survey investigated causes of spelling problems, possible solutions, most common types of errors, curricula in which students have most spelling…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Curriculum Guides
