The Basics: How Far Back Is Back?.

Faller, Bernard A., Jr.

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ERIC Number: EJ193986

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Publication Date: 1979-Jan

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The Basics: How Far Back Is Back?

Faller, Bernard A., Jr.

Phi Delta Kappan, v60 n5 p375-76 Jan 1979

The author uses samples of his and his father's college writing to suggest that spelling and punctuation were not taught quite so well in the past as people would have us believe. (IRT)

Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Spelling

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Language: English

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