Direct and Indirect Measurements of Effects of Specific Instruction: Evidence from Sentence Combining.

Smith, William L.; Hull, Glynda A.

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ERIC Number: EJ289572

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1983

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Direct and Indirect Measurements of Effects of Specific Instruction: Evidence from Sentence Combining.

Smith, William L.; Hull, Glynda A.

Research in the Teaching of English, v17 n3 p285-89 Oct 1983

Examined whether instruction on a single structure (the relative clause, the appositive, and the infinitive nominal) would alter frequency of use or global syntactic complexity and whether this instruction lasted beyond the immediate posttest. (HOD)

Descriptors: College Freshmen, Measurement Techniques, Sentence Combining, Sentence Structure, Writing Improvement, Writing Instruction, Writing Research

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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