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Hilfman, Tillie – Elem Engl, 1970
Includes sample forms used in the study to elicit students' compositions and examples of those compositions. (SW)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Grade 2, Language Research, Sentence Structure
Peer reviewedCooper, Charles R. – English Journal, 1973
Descriptors: English Instruction, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns, Language Research
Peer reviewedWalker, Robert L. – College Composition and Communication, 1970
Report of an analysis of the prose of five British and five American authors which seems to refute Francis Christensen's contention that the cumulative sentence" is the typical sentence of modern English." (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Authors, English Instruction, Language Patterns, Language Research
Peer reviewedO'Donnell, Roy C.; Smith, William L. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1975
Sensitivity to syntactic structure can be increased by direct instruction. (JH)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Educational Research, English Instruction, Grade 9
Download full textBATEMAN, DONALD R.; ZIDONIS, FRANK J. – 1966
AN EXPERIMENT WAS CONDUCTED, OVER A 2-YEAR PERIOD, AT THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL TO TEST THE POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF A STUDY OF A GENERATIVE GRAMMAR ON STUDENT COMPOSITIONS. IN ADDITION TO THE REGULAR CURRICULUM, AN EXPERIMENTAL CLASS OF 50 NINTH-GRADERS (AND 10TH-GRADERS THE FOLLOWING YEAR) WAS REQUIRED TO LEARN TRANSFORMATIONAL-GENERATIVE…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, English Instruction, Grade 10, Grade 9
Peer reviewedRoss, Janet – College Composition and Communication, 1971
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Instruction, Educational Research, English Instruction
Weaver, Constance – 1979
Intended for preservice and inservice teachers at all educational levels, but especially for those in English education classes, this book examines the foundations of grammar instruction and supplies some definitions and examples of grammar usage. Part one of the book explores relevant language research, reasons for teaching grammar, the…
Descriptors: English Education, English Instruction, Grammar, Language Research
Hunt, Kellogg W. – 1965
The purposes of this study were (1) to provide a method for the quantitative study of grammatical (syntactic) structures which is coherent, systematic, and broad, yet capable of refinement to accommodate details, and (2) to search for the developmental trends in the frequency of various grammatical structures written by students of average…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, Grammar, Language Acquisition
Shinkle, Carl R. – 1987
Noting that issues surrounding grammar instruction are a source of controversy within the English language arts curriculum, this concept paper examines the usefulness of formal instruction in naming parts of speech, diagramming sentences, naming types of phrases and clauses, and naming sentence types. Following an introduction that defines…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, English Curriculum, English Instruction, Form Classes (Languages)
Mellon, John C. – 1969
In an epilogue to the 1967 research report, "Transformational Sentence-Combining" (See ED 018 405.), John Mellon considers the significance of the sentence-combining experience and answers the charges of critics--Wayne O'Neil, James Moffett, and Francis Christensen--regarding his original research findings. Mellon points out, for example, that…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Games, English Instruction, Language Fluency
PDF pending restorationHirabayashi, Mikio – 1974
This paper examines the factors which govern the use of infinitives and gerunds after verbs and uses American literature and periodicals since 1945 for examples of this usage. The analysis was undertaken in order to clarify this usage for those teaching or learning English as a second language. Studies yielded three general rules for the use of…
Descriptors: Componential Analysis, Context Clues, English Instruction, English (Second Language)
Stockwell, Robert P. – The Journal of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, 1964
The complex nature of grammar and its relevance to teaching today are explored in the light of modern linguistics. Reviewing the development and fundamental theory of transformational generative grammar, the author points out its substantial merit and also its failure to be understood as exemplary grammatical analysis of language rather than…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, College Instruction, Curriculum Development, Difficulty Level
Georgia Univ., Athens. English Curriculum Study Center. – 1968
This volume contains 10 reports of research designed to study the mind of the child and the effects of sequence and process of learning on elementary school children and their writing. Specific purposes, procedures, conclusions, and needed further research are indicated for three studies on the process of written composition, four studies on…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Measurement, Educational Research, Elementary Education
