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Magnan, Sally Sieloff – French Review, 1989
A study examined the control of selected areas of French grammar by 40 students at 4 different levels of university language study. Improved performance was found at each successive level of study, but significant discrepancies were also found within levels. Implications for instructional and curricular improvement are discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Comparative Analysis, Difficulty Level, Error Patterns
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Robinson, William S. – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1998
Argues that, to deal effectively with sentence errors of basic writers, it is crucial to distinguish between what should be left alone and what can be productively marked and how it should be marked. Proposes a taxonomy of four sources of errors (knowledge, dialect, process, and developmental errors) and seven ways to address them. (SR)
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Classification, Error Correction, Error Patterns
O'Connell, Ann Aileen; And Others – 1996
HyperProb is a Hypercard tutoring system designed to help students develop an effective step-by-step schema for solving probability problems. With this program, students are able to select areas they wish to study via hypermedia links and develop an understanding of terminology and procedures at their own pace with continued reinforcement. Nine…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Error Patterns, Formative Evaluation, Graduate Students
Viswat, Linda J.; Jackson, Susan A. – Journal of the Himji Dokkyo University College of Foreign Languages, 1994
A study investigated the effect of explicit training and practice in learning strategies on errors in a second language listening cloze test. Subjects were 150 Japanese university students enrolled in four classes of first- or second-year English as a Second Language. Two additional classes served as control group. The treatment group received…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, College Students, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language)
MacLeod, Lonny G.; Morrison, Gary R. – 1998
This paper describes a study designed to investigate the effectiveness of narrative versus step-by-step instructions for a computer task. The participants in this study were 31 undergraduate education students enrolled in a computer literacy class at the University of Memphis during the Summer 1996 semester; none of the participants had prior…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Attitudes, Computer Literacy, Computer Software