Pupils taught to love grammar get better results
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 - 14:00
in Psychology & Sociology
(PhysOrg.com) -- In what is believed to be the first major study to demonstrate that the teaching of grammar can improve childrens overall writing capabilities, researchers found a quantifiable benefit from a focus not just on getting pupils to know grammatical terms, but on encouraging them to experiment with how they use grammar in written composition.