In this resource, we explore how grammar can be taught rhetorically where the focus is on the learner understanding the writing situation, making effective choices while constructing sentences, ...

The role of grammar instruction in the development of effective writing has long been recognised as a cornerstone of educational practice. Recent pedagogical models emphasise the integration of ...

The teaching of grammar in primary schools in England (a key feature of England's national curriculum) does not appear to help children's narrative writing, although it may help them generate ...

Journal of Basic Writing, Vol. 26, No. 1 (SPRING 2007), pp. 63-87 (25 pages) While evidence shows that grammar study focused on identification, description, and definition (IDD) fails to enhance ...

Grammar instruction may have waned in some classrooms starting in the early 2000s, largely because the high-stakes tests required by the No Child Left Behind law didn’t assess grammar specifically.

Donna Fisher, resource teacher for English language arts for the Pearl City-Waipahu complex area, has been creating rap songs — about 200 — for the past 20 years as a tool to teach middle schoolers.

As my spring 2020 semester winded down, I thought about my favorite student questions. Naturally, my thoughts gravitated towards those questions that forced me to rethink how I was teaching. This is ...

Glenview's Kimberly Karzen took a roundabout way to writing a children's book on grammar. The author of "Tongue Twisters that Teach" (Rubber Ducky Press, 2022), Karzen taught business classes for 15 ...

The June 13 business section article, "Survey: New college grads underqualified for jobs," should not surprise anyone who is aware of trends in modern education. Granted, the use of "coded" language ...

PARKLAND, Wash. — A first-grade teacher in Pierce County has been called the "GOAT" by students and parents. Now, whether she's the Greatest of all Time is yet to be determined, but she is teaching ...