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Subject:
Study of the Effectiveness of Teaching Grammar in Three Middle Schools
From:
Peter Adams <[log in to unmask]>
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Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 23 Aug 2006 14:33:46 EDT
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In a message dated 8/23/06 1:38:59 PM, [log in to unmask] writes:


> My memory is not very sharp about this, but I think there was a NCTE study 
> of middle schoolers to see if teaching them transformational grammar would 
> affect their writing. I believe it was in the 60's or 70's.
> 

Marshall, perhaps the study you are referring to is this one:

Elley, W. B., I. H. Barham, H. Lamb, and M. Wyllie.   "The Role of Grammar in 
a Secondary School English Curriculum."  Research in the Teaching of English  
 10.1(Spring 1976): 5-21.

Peter Adams



Peter Adams

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