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Merrifield, Doris Fulda – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 1991
Offers sufficient responses to 60 of the most frequently made errors in German grammar, plus 13 punctuation rules, and proposes that the instructor hand out this list to the students and henceforth "tag" language errors by the corresponding number, then have the student correct them and resubmit the assignment for a better grade. (GLR)
Descriptors: Error Analysis (Language), Error Correction, Error Patterns, German
Silva, Clare M. – 1977
Writing samples of 97 students in remedial writing classes were analyzed to determine error patterns in writing mechanics and the predominance of specific errors. Students were grouped according to individual student profiles and error patterns which indicated additional similarities and differences among individuals. Analysis indicated that most…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis, Error Patterns, Individualized Instruction
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Romero, Lisa – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 1994
Presents the results of a study of graduate-level library school students to determine the types of errors that appeared on original cataloging copy by entry-level catalogers. Records were analyzed for any errors affecting access, including description, headings, encoding of MARC format, capitalization, and punctuation. Types and percentages of…
Descriptors: Capitalization (Alphabetic), Cataloging, Coding, Error Patterns
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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
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Harris, Muriel – College Composition and Communication, 1981
Discusses the collected research on free modifiers and "minor sentences," or "formal fragments." Asks English teachers for less concentration on initial placement of modifiers, less rigidity concerning fragments, and more practice with punctuating final free modifiers. (RL)
Descriptors: College Students, Error Patterns, Higher Education, Language Usage
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Piirto, John – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 1997
A survey of 101 faculty in a variety of disciplines found that most do not give much attention to the composition of electronic mail messages and are not bothered much when receiving messages containing mechanical or composition errors. Results suggest faculty should be cautious about relaxing the rules of grammar, punctuation, and good writing in…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Computer Mediated Communication, Editing, Electronic Mail
Monagle, E. Brette – 1982
Error pattern analysis is a teaching technique that emphasizes identifying, classifying, and keeping a frequency count on only those errors actually occurring in students' writing. Application of error pattern analysis in a workshop format requires three steps: preparing an error pattern analysis, teaching from this analysis, and integrating it…
Descriptors: Editing, Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns, Evaluation Methods
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Hull, Glynda; And Others – Computers and the Humanities, 1987
Examines the use of computers for error detection in natural language texts. Focuses on a computer program designed to teach students to edit their papers for errors using pattern matching in error detection. Describes a "pedagogy for editing" and speculates on ways to improve computer detection of errors in natural language texts. (AEM)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Editing, Educational Technology
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Hull, Glynda – Topics in Language Disorders, 1987
Inexperienced writers, including both basic writers and learning disabled, commit errors that often follow a discernible pattern due to applying erroneous or incomplete rules. Techniques for teaching editing skills are described, including textual analyses of students' writing, interviews with students, structuring the editing task, and providing…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns
Izzo, John – University of Aizu Center for Language 1994 Annual Review, 1995
A study examined patterns of English usage in 52 Japanese university freshmen's written compositions, particularly in the use of the subordinating conjunction "because." It was found that students often fragmented sentences when "because" was involved, or used a comma to separate a trailing dependent "because" clause…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Conjunctions, English (Second Language), Error Patterns
Swain, Merrill – 1975
This paper analyzes short stories written in English and French by French immersion pupils at the Grade 3 level. Their English writing skills are compared to those of Grade 3 pupils in a regular English program. Aspects of their writing skills which are examined include vocabulary skills, technical skills (punctuation, capitalization and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Capitalization (Alphabetic)
Belanger, J. F. – 1986
A study examined whether patterns exist in the kinds and amounts of writing errors students make and whether teachers follow any sort of pattern in correcting these errors. Sixty compositions, gathered from a twelfth grade class taught by one teacher, were analyzed using the "McGraw-Hill Handbook of English." Student written errors were…
Descriptors: Cohesion (Written Composition), Diction, English Instruction, Error Analysis (Language)
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