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An Experiment in Using Research in Composition in the Training of Teachers of English.
Ofsa, William John – 1974
This study sought to broaden the scope of teacher training in English by incorporating an experimental design in practice teaching. The control group, 20 ninth graders whose IQ's averaged 95, studied narrative-descriptive writing and transformational grammar, writing the same number of compositions as the two experimental groups. The low…
Descriptors: Descriptive Writing, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research, English Education