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Download full textRoberts, Claudette M.; Boggase, Barbara A. – 1992
Since introducing a grammar unit can be daunting and frustrating for both teachers and students, a collaborative unit for a 10th-grade class was planned that would satisfy an administrative requirement but also maintain the integrity of the writing program. The unit was planned by developing an approach of non-intrusive grammar instruction at the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, English Instruction, Grade 10, Grammar
Kaymer, Gunter – Englisch, 1973
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Objectives, English (Second Language), Grade 10
Willig, Judith B. – 1985
A practicum provided 10th- grade students in 2 English honors classes with direct instruction in sentence combining. The goal of the program was to increase the syntactic complexity of student writing, to have students express more in each sentence. Instruction was approached from different aspects. The students worked with two textbooks on…
Descriptors: Grade 10, Grammar, High Schools, Sentence Combining
BATEMAN, DONALD R.; ZIDONIS, FRANK J. – 1966
AN EXPERIMENT WAS CONDUCTED, OVER A 2-YEAR PERIOD, AT THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL TO TEST THE POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF A STUDY OF A GENERATIVE GRAMMAR ON STUDENT COMPOSITIONS. IN ADDITION TO THE REGULAR CURRICULUM, AN EXPERIMENTAL CLASS OF 50 NINTH-GRADERS (AND 10TH-GRADERS THE FOLLOWING YEAR) WAS REQUIRED TO LEARN TRANSFORMATIONAL-GENERATIVE…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, English Instruction, Grade 10, Grade 9
Stephenson, Robert S.; Giacoboni, Kathryn N. – 1988
This study compares the results of an indirect measure of writing ability, the Florida State Student Assessment Test, Part I (SSAT-I), and the Production Writing Assessment (PWA). Both instruments were administered to 10th graders in Dade County (Florida) during the spring of 1987. The SSAT-I is an untimed test containing a section indirectly…
Descriptors: Capitalization (Alphabetic), Essay Tests, Grade 10, Grammar
Farah, Rajah; And Others – 1984
Developed by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, this booklet contains the competencies, item specifications, and sample items for the language arts competency tests for grades three, seven, and ten. Each competency statement contains a brief description, sample items, content, question form, and response form. The booklet also offers…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 10, Grade 3
Palmer, William S. – California English Journal, 1971
A study in which the patterns and possibilities of free modifiers in the writing habits of three students, who were rated low in language ability, is described. The primary purpose of the study was to determine if complicated syntactic elements used as free modifiers could be lifted from the complex subject of grammar and be presented as…
Descriptors: Context Free Grammar, English Instruction, Grade 10, Grammar
Scannell, Dale P.; Haugh, Oscar M. – 1968
The purpose of the study was to compare the effectiveness with which composition skills could be taught by the traditional theme-assignment approach and by an experimental method using weekly multiple-choice composition tests in lieu of theme writing. The weekly tests were based on original but typical first-draft compositions and covered problems…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Grade 10, Grammar, Language Usage
