When it comes to good books on English Grammar and Usage, at the top of the list is English Composition and Grammar: Complete Course by John E. Warriner. It is not inexpensive, but it is arguably the best and, as the title indicates, it is the “Complete Course”, from soup to nuts, from A to Z, "to infinity and beyond". In it you will find expert guidance on composition – how to write sentences, paragraphs, research papers, etc. – and solid information about specifics, such as Parts of Speech, Clauses, Phrases, Pronouns, Capitalization, Punctuation, and more.
CLICK on the title to look at English Composition and Grammar: Complete Course
Your comments on this or other English Grammar and Usage books are welcome. Please share your thoughts and experiences. Thanks.
WHAT SMART PEOPLE KNOW
Dr. Droge's book is now available:
BRIGHTEN UP: SMART TOOLS TO EXCEL IN READING, WRITING, MEMORY, VOCABULARY, SPELLING, NOTES, AND ENGLISH USAGE
BRIGHTEN UP: SMART TOOLS TO EXCEL IN READING, WRITING, MEMORY, VOCABULARY, SPELLING, NOTES, AND ENGLISH USAGE
SMART TOOLS TO EXCEL
Dr. Droge's book, Brighten Up: Smart Tools to Excel in Reading, Writing, Memory, Vocabulary, Spelling, Notes, and English Usage is available - click here
IMPROVING TEST SCORES
Students Who Write About Their Test Anxiety May Improve Scores
With the understanding that students with anxiety about upcoming
exams often perform poorly on them, researchers intervened with an exercise
that permitted a randomized group of students to write about their concerns before taking an exam. Result: the students improved their performance and scores.
“Writing About Testing Boosts Exam Performance in the
Classroom”. Gerardo Ramirez, Sian L. Beilock. Science, January 14, 2011 , 211-213.
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CAN GESTURES HELP CHILDREN LEARN?
Researchers at SF State have found that young children who use gestures solve problems well in certain instances.
In the study, children from two-and-a-half to five years of age were asked to sort cards by color and shape. Children who used gestures performed better than those who did not or those who gestured less. Gestures included hand movements that demonstrated card images, like rabbits.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130726191735.htm
In the study, children from two-and-a-half to five years of age were asked to sort cards by color and shape. Children who used gestures performed better than those who did not or those who gestured less. Gestures included hand movements that demonstrated card images, like rabbits.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/07/130726191735.htm
EFFECTS OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS ON IQ
Researchers Christiane Capron and Michel Duyme compared IQ scores of adopted children raised by parents with high socio-economic status (SES) and parents with low SES, and found that the children raised by parents with high SES had higher IQ scores and the children raised by parents with low SES had lower IQ scores. In addition, children of biological parents with high SES scored higher than children of biological parents with low SES.
The abstract is available for free, but the full study may incur a fee.
http://www.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1989Natur.340..552C
The abstract is available for free, but the full study may incur a fee.
http://www.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1989Natur.340..552C
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