Measuring Syntactic Growth: Errors and Expectations in Sentence-Combining Practice with College Freshmen.

Maimon, Elaine P.; Nodine, Barbara F.

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ERIC Number: EJ190338

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Publication Date: 1978

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Measuring Syntactic Growth: Errors and Expectations in Sentence-Combining Practice with College Freshmen.

Maimon, Elaine P.; Nodine, Barbara F.

Research in the Teaching of English, v12 n3 p233-44 Oct 1978, Oct78

Demonstrated effectiveness in eliciting growth in number of words per T-unit through the use of sentence-combining exercises in a college composition course and related frequency of embedding errors to data on length of T-unit. (DD)

Descriptors: College Freshmen, Educational Research, Higher Education, Sentence Combining, Student Improvement, Syntax, Teaching Methods, Writing (Composition), Writing Exercises

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Language: English

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