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Mills, Roxanne – Education, 2010
This study investigated the impact of an Internet based program designed to improve basic writing skills on grammar and punctuation scores on an English Competency Test. Three groups in a small Midwestern university's freshmen composition class were tested: a control group (Test Group 1), which did not use the program; and two treatment groups:…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Freshman Composition, Basic Writing, Punctuation
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Ober, Scot – Journal of Education for Business, 1988
The author identified grammar and punctuation software suitable for secondary or postsecondary business students. Three programs--(1) Agreement of Subject and Verb, (2) Punctuation Review, and (3) English Achievement I--were field tested in a classroom setting. Student impressions of the programs are reported. (CH)
Descriptors: Business Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Grammar
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Robinson, Linda L. – English Journal, 1985
Describes a technique used to involve a class of predominantly learning disabled students in a lesson on the uses of the comma. (RBW)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, English Instruction, Group Dynamics, Learning Disabilities