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Download full textChandler, Brennan W.; Bourget, Jessica L.; Reno, Emily A. – Office of Special Education Programs, US Department of Education, 2021
The National Center for Leadership in Intensive Intervention (NCLII), a consortium funded by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), prepares special education leaders to become experts in research on intensive intervention for students with disabilities who have persistent and severe academic (e.g., reading and math) and behavioral…
Descriptors: Intervention, Writing Instruction, Students with Disabilities, Evidence Based Practice
Direct linkBerninger, Virginia W.; Nagy, William; Beers, Scott – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2011
Children in grades one to four completed two sentence construction tasks: (a) Write one complete sentence about a topic prompt (sentence integrity, Study 1); and (b) Integrate two sentences into one complete sentence without changing meaning (sentence combining, Study 2). Most, but not all, children in first through fourth grade could write just…
Descriptors: Transformational Generative Grammar, Sentences, Writing (Composition), Spelling
Saddler, Bruce – Language and Literacy Spectrum, 2006
In this article a method to improve sentence writing ability called sentence combining is explained. The potential effects of sentence combining are related and relevant research summarized. In addition, how to introduce sentence combining practice to a class, key instructional components including oral practice and peer assistance, sources of…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Teaching Methods, Writing Ability, Writing Improvement
Peer reviewedSmith, Gayle L. – Exercise Exchange, 1980
Suggests using a sentence construction game to make basic writing students more aware of their linguistic ability and more comfortable dealing with grammar. Indicates that the experience helps students in revising their writing and introduces the experience of working creatively and playfully with language. (TJ)
Descriptors: Educational Games, Higher Education, Low Achievement, Secondary Education
O'Hare, Frank – 1973
The purpose of this study was to develop a sentence-combining system for teaching composition to seventh grade students. The exercises were designed so as to be independent of the students' previous knowledge of grammar. Chapter 1 examines recent studies in language and writing. The first part of chapter 2 demonstrates that normal growth in…
Descriptors: English, Grade 7, Grammar, Sentence Combining
Kearns, Michael S. – 1981
If college freshmen know something about syntax, have practiced combining and breaking down sentences, and have learned to think in terms of deep structures and surface structures, they may be better able to understand and relieve the discomfort caused by a garbled key sentence structure. Grammar instruction in freshman composition provides a…
Descriptors: Grammar, Higher Education, Individualized Instruction, Integrated Activities
Peer reviewedNoguchi, Rei R. – Journal of Basic Writing, 1987
Argues that, from a transformational-generative perspective, errors in writing mechanics (such as run-on sentences, comma splices, and errors in subject-verb agreement) persist because writing instructors do not exploit students' language ability. Describes how transformational grammar is useful in correcting errors in sentence mechanics. (MM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Sentence Structure, Structural Analysis (Linguistics)
Peer reviewedRose, Shirley K. – College English, 1983
Examines the use of sentence combining as a bridge between grammar and rhetoric during the past 100 years. (MM)
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Theories, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
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
