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Download full textSmith, William L. – 1973
Six passages were used in this study to investigate the recoding behavior of eighth and ninth grade students for both increase and decrease in syntactic complexity and thus gain a more accurate picture of their grammar. Each of the two selections used was written in kernel sentences at the eighth grade level of writing and the skilled adult level…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Grade 9, Language Research, Secondary Education
