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The Effect of Pattern Practice and Standard/Non-Standard Dialect Contrast on Language Achievement Among Black Children. Research and Development Memorandum, Number 87.
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Politzer, Robert L.; Hoover, Mary Rhodes – 1972
The experiment reported on in this paper investigated primarily the overall effectiveness in raising the language achievement of black children of the pattern practice approach and the use of overall contrasts between standard and nonstandard dialects within the pattern practice approach. The experiment was conducted in three third-grade and three…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Students, Concept Teaching, Elementary School Students