Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ298188
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Effects of Discourse Mode on the Syntactic Complexity of Learning Disabled Students' Written Expression.
Blair, Teresa K.; Crump, W. Donald
Learning Disability Quarterly, v7 n1 p19-29 Win 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, Syntax, Writing Processes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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