The effect of grammar teaching on writing development

British Educational Research Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-55

  Andrews, Richard ^a   Torgerson, Carole ^a   Beverton, Sue ^b   Freeman, Allison ^a   Locke, Terry ^c   Low, Graham ^a   Robinson, Alison ^a   Zhu, Die ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

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EID: 30444439732     PISSN: 01411926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411920500401997     Document Type: Article

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