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Penman, Kenneth A.; And Others – Research Quarterly, 1977
Children learned the language arts concepts of capitalization and punctualization better when playing games, and learning was greatest when active games were played. (MM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Capitalization (Alphabetic), Class Activities, Educational Games
Cortland-Madison Board of Cooperative Educational Services, Cortland, NY. – 1980
More than 100 individual and group activities, learning center ideas, and bulletin board suggestions are offered in this handbook for developing the writing skills of second, third, and fourth grade students. An analysis chart is provided as a diagnostic tool for determining the writing strengths and weaknesses of students. The activities are…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Diagnostic Teaching, Elementary Education

Ediger, Marlow – 1983
During the 1979-1980 school year, 23 Old Order Amish pupils in the Pleasant Hill School near Bloomfield, Iowa, took the Iowa Test of Basic Skills. On the language arts subtest, five of six third grade students ranked above 50% in capitalization, four ranked above 50% in spelling and punctuation, and three ranked above 50% in usage. Four third…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Amish, Capitalization (Alphabetic), Elementary Education