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Blair, Teresa K.; Crump, W. Donald – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1984
The effect of two discourse modes--description and argumentation--on the syntactic complexity of written expression of 54 learning disabled boys in grades 6, 8, and 10 was examined. Among many results was that the simple sentence was used most in the descriptive mode. (Author/MC)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Males, Sentences
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Morris, Nancy T.; Crump, W. Donald – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1982
Written language development of learning disabled (LD) and non-LD students at four age levels (9 through 15) was examined on measures of syntax and vocabulary. Seemingly conflicting evidence on syntactic development may have reflected the nature of the measure used. LD students' writing showed a smaller variety of word types. (CL)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Syntax