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Syntax at an Early Age: A Mother Challenges the Experts

By: Natalie Kramer
Publication: The Quarterly, Vol. 20, No. 2
Date: Spring 1998

Summary: A parent and tutor to her son, Kramer makes the case for systematic teaching and learning of sentence structures in the primary grades, a set of skills she believes get scant attention in American schools.

 

See the related article, My Perspective: A Response to "Syntax at an Early Age", by Melanie Sperling.

 

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