Research in the Teaching of English, Vol. 13, No. 3, October 1979

Table of Contents

• The Influence of Generative Rhetoric on the Syntactic Maturity and Writing Effectiveness of College Freshmen

  Lester Faigley

• Syntactic Maturity, Mechanics of Writing, and Teachers' Quality Ratings

  Murray F. Stewart and Cary H. Grobe

• Sentence Combining in College Composition: Interim Measures and Patterns

  M. Beverly Swan

• The Effect of Compulsory Writing on Writing Apprehension

  William G. Powers, John A. Cook, and Russell Meyer

• Using Readability Research to Investigate Writing

  Martin Nystrand

• Toward a Theory of Early Writing Development

  Martha L. King and Victor Rentel

• Spelling First, Sound Later: The Relationship between Orthography and Higher Order Phonological Knowledge in Older Students

  Shane Templeton

• Situational Variables Affecting Language Usage of Low Income Black Preschool Children

  Marilyn Lichtman and Sarah Rogers

• Notes and Comment

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