[MOSAIC] Sentence Combining

[Adam Lefstein]

Anyone interested in pursuing the research on this topic might want to
look at this recent English review:
Andrews R, Torgerson C, Beverton S, Freeman A, Locke T, Low G,
Robinson A, Zhu D (2004) The effect of grammar teaching (sentence
combining) in English on 5 to 16 year olds' accuracy and quality in
written composition. In: Research Evidence in Education Library.
London: EPPI-Centre, Social Science Research Unit, Institute of
Education.
It can be downloaded here: http://eppi.ioe.ac.uk/cms/Default.aspx?tabid=232
Adam

On 05/07/07, ljackson <ljackson at gwtc.net> wrote:
> And I would say it is crafting...
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> Lori
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> On 7/5/07 6:39 AM, "Mlredcon at aol.com" <Mlredcon at aol.com> wrote:
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> > thank you S ally for your explanation.  I would not call this strategy
> > sentence combining.  It sounds more like sentence innovation-taking a
> > sentence
> > from a text and making it your own.
> > Maxine
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