Hi Jane, Where teaching grammar in context and using collaborative groups is concerned, you might find my research of interest. It's reported in At the Point of Need: Teaching BAsic and ESL WRiters, and it synthesizes the research of myself and 40 graduate students over a 5-year period of data collection. It's from Heinemann. Marie ------------------- Marie Wilson Nelson National-Louis University [log in to unmask] > Hi. My name is Jane, and I teach Freshman Composition at NH Community > Technical College. I'm doing graduate work at Plymouth State College > and am currently doing a research design in the area of grammar and > composition instruction. So, while we're we are instructing different > populations, Patricia, we are exploring a similar topic. I'd > appreciate insight and direction anyone can send me. My research will > explore the value of teaching grammar in a laboratory setting with > student working cooperatively to master the most commonly used and > misused rules of usage. I'd appreciate insight into research on, > and/or documented experience with, any of the following: > collaborative learning; > teaching grammar in context; > value of grammar mastery to success in composition; > student experts and peer instruction; > grammar requirements in nontraditional students; > assessment/measurement of skills (quantitative). > > Thanks. > ------------------- Marie Wilson Nelson National-Louis University [log in to unmask]