Closing the Books on Alchemy.

Kolln, Martha

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ERIC Number: EJ246911

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1981-May

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Closing the Books on Alchemy.

Kolln, Martha

College Composition and Communication, v32 n2 p139-51 May 1981

Finds serious flaws in the research asserting the uselessness of teaching grammar to composition classes. Proposes that writing teachers acknowledge the presence and importance of grammar in the writing class. (RL)

Descriptors: Educational Needs, Educational Research, English Instruction, Grammar, Higher Education, Traditional Grammar, Writing Instruction, Writing Research

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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