TY - JOUR
T1 - The effect of grammar teaching on writing development
AU - Andrews, Richard
AU - Torgerson, Carole
AU - Beverton, Sue
AU - Freeman, Allison
AU - Locke, Terry
AU - Low, Graham
AU - Robinson, Alison
AU - Zhu, Die
PY - 2006/2
Y1 - 2006/2
N2 - This article reports on the results of two international systematic research reviews which focus on different aspects of teaching grammar to improve the quality and accuracy of 5–16-year-olds' writing in English. The results show that there is little evidence to indicate that the teaching of formal grammar is effective; and that teaching sentence-combining has a more positive effect. In both cases, however, despite over a hundred years of research and debate on the topic, there is insufficient quality of research to prove the case with either approach. More research is needed, as well as a review of policy and practice in England with regard to the teaching of sentence structure in writing.
AB - This article reports on the results of two international systematic research reviews which focus on different aspects of teaching grammar to improve the quality and accuracy of 5–16-year-olds' writing in English. The results show that there is little evidence to indicate that the teaching of formal grammar is effective; and that teaching sentence-combining has a more positive effect. In both cases, however, despite over a hundred years of research and debate on the topic, there is insufficient quality of research to prove the case with either approach. More research is needed, as well as a review of policy and practice in England with regard to the teaching of sentence structure in writing.
U2 - 10.1080/01411920500401997
DO - 10.1080/01411920500401997
M3 - Article
VL - 32
SP - 39
EP - 55
JO - British Educational Research Journal
JF - British Educational Research Journal
SN - 0141-1926
IS - 1
ER -