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Peer reviewedBraddock, Richard – Research in the Teaching of English, 1975
Textbook assertions about the use and placement of topic sentences are contradicted by analyses of professionally-written prose. (JH)
Descriptors: Authors, Content Analysis, Expository Writing, Paragraph Composition
Download full textMiller, Barbara D.; Ney, James W. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1968
To determine the effects of oral sentence-structure exercises upon student writing, a 1-year experiment was conducted with two randomly matched fourth-grade classes of approximately equal size, one control class and one experimental class. The experimental group regularly completed exercises designed to teach students to produce sentences…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Expository Writing, Grade 4, Pattern Drills (Language)
