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Wiggins, Robert Franklin – 1968
In an attempt to improve students' written expression, this study tested two assumptions: (1) that if students were led through a series of oral language experiences to a realization of the relationships between oral and written sentence structures which they were encouraged to practice, they would write a variety of sentence structures; and (2)…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Grade 4, Language Arts, Language Usage
Weiss, David; Jackson, Rex – 1983
Performance data on the Descriptive Tests of Language Skills (DTLS) for entering college students were collected through a pilot study of 4,234 students in 16 colleges. This study was also designed to permit several checks on the validity of the DTLS by examining the relationship of DTLS scores to the following criteria: English course grades,…
Descriptors: College Credits, English Curriculum, Higher Education, Language Skills
