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The Strategies Approach: Effective for Reviewing Grammar and Punctuation Concepts
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Quible, Zane K. – Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, 2008
This article is based on results of a quasi-experimental study in which the efficacy of the strategies approach for reviewing grammar and punctuation concepts was assessed in a business communication course. The control group studied rules-based review materials; the treatment group studied strategies-based review materials. On the three sets of…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Business Communication, Punctuation, Academic Achievement
Most Common Grammatical and Punctuation Errors Made by Undergraduates as Perceived by Business Communication Professors.
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McCannon, Melinda; Crews, Tena B. – Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, 1999
Business communication faculty (n=187) identified the top grammatical errors made by undergraduates as follows: subject-verb agreement, sentence fragments, subject-pronoun agreement, nonparallel series, and wrong word choice. Top punctuation errors included run-on sentences, comma splice, missing commas, and misuse of the possessive apostrophe.…
Descriptors: Business Communication, College Faculty, College Students, Grammar
Error Identification, Labeling, and Correction in Written Business Communication
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Quible, Zane K. – Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, 2004
This article used a writing sample that contained 27 sentence-level errors of the type found by corporate America to be annoying and bothersome. Five categories of errors were included in the sample: grammar, punctuation, spelling, writing style, and business communication concepts. Students in a written business communication course were asked…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Writing (Composition), Error Patterns, Sentences