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ERIC Number: EJ138494
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1976
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Black Children's Use of Nonstandard Grammar: Two Years Later
Marwit, Samuel J.; Marwit, Karen L.
Developmental Psychology, 12, 1, 33-38, Jan 76
A grammar task was administered to black and white students in 2nd grade and then again in 4th grade. The results indicated that while the white students gave more standard English responses at both times, both races increased their standard English usage from 2nd to 4th grades. (JMB)
Descriptors: Black Youth, Elementary School Students, Grammar, Longitudinal Studies, Racial Differences, Research, White Students
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