Research Roulette

Here are the results of my preliminary research for my argumentative paper.

I started with a general Google search using: "Grammar Integrated Isolated"

I found:

Christy, Janice. “To Teach Or Not To Teach (Grammar) – No Longer the Question”, an article from Glencoe.com “Teaching Today.” It compares prescriptive and descriptive grammar – terms I need to start using. http://www.glencoe.com/sec/teachingtoday/subject/to_teach.phtm

de Vise, Daniel, “Clauses and Commas Make A Comeback,” from the Washington Post. It discusses, among other things, grammar and the Writing Subtest of the SAT. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/22/AR20061022011

And a website devoted to teaching grammar for homeschoolers and also a resource for regular schoolteachers. I thought it provided interesting insight on “mainstream thinking” about grammar.

http://www.dailygrammar.com/

I started searching using "Grammar teaching in context" and found:

This link to the National Council of Teachers of English FAQs and English Teaching National Standards http://www.ncte.org/positions/statements/qandaaboutgrammar

This is a link to the NCTE “English Journal”, V.85-7, “The Great Debate (Again): Teaching Grammar and Usage”, with MANY relevant articles http://www.ncte.org/journals/ej/issues/v85-7

I also fumbled around through the UWM Library online search but kept hitting dead ends. I used ideas for searching from the posted pages from the draft copy of the book on research, too.

This is a link to an article called (really) The Role of Grammar in Improving Student’s (sic) Writing. It actually has some interesting data, with cited references that I will use instead of this particular source.

http://www.uwplatt.edu/~ciesield/graminwriting.htm

Weaver, Constance, Teaching Grammar in Context, a book described as “a rationale and practical ideas for teaching grammar not in isolation but in the context of writing.” I found it cited in two of the other articles, tracked it down through ERIC - Education Resources Information Center (United States Department of Education), and discovered it is available in our (UWM) library. I suspect I may find some other relevant books next to it on the shelf when I go to get it.