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Gale, Irma F.; Boisvert, Louis – 1971
This study of the negative side of children's writing utilized an experimental group and a control group equalized according to sex and the results of the language sub-tests of the Stanford Achievement Tests. Students wrote two 1,000 word composition samples, one during the first month of the study and one during the ninth month. The purposes of…
Descriptors: Child Language, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Elementary School Students
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Erlam, Rosemary – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2003
This paper reviews studies that have contrasted the effectiveness of structured-input instruction with output-based instruction. It then presents results from a study comparing the relative effects of structured-input and output-based instruction on students' ability to comprehend and produce direct object pronouns in second language French. Three…
Descriptors: Linguistic Input, Reading Comprehension, Listening Comprehension, Second Language Learning