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Download full textLaing, Donald – 1985
To determine the syntactic maturity of eighth grade Canadian students' writing, all the students in four eighth grade classes were asked to write two compositions--one narrative and one argumentative--two weeks apart. The syntactic maturity level of the resulting 81 narrative compositions and 82 written arguments was compared with the syntactic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Junior High Schools, Knowledge Level
Evans, P.; And Others – 1983
Information on the Ontario Test of English Achievement is presented. Attention is directed to the background and objectives of the test, test development, subtest characteristics and properties, validity, and recommendations concerning test use. The objective of the test was to determine the language competence of incoming students to assist…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, English, Expository Writing, Foreign Countries
