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Download full textMinnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Center for Curriculum Development in English. – 1968
These two units of the Minnesota Project English curriculum employ transformational grammar in an attempt to make eighth-grade students aware of fundamental facts about their language. Concepts taught in the first unit are (1) that an infinite number of English sentences exists, (2) that a few basic transformations are the basis for a large number…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, English Curriculum, English Instruction, Generative Grammar
Blount, Nathan S.; And Others – 1968
This study proposed (1) to verify that students of normal ability could learn structural and transformational grammar concepts presented in the format of linear programing, and (2) to test whether the students would apply the concepts in compositions so that their writing showed progress toward maturity. Participating in the experiment were 207…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Applied Linguistics, English Instruction, Grade 8
