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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Catherine Lough

Grammar teaching has ‘negligible’ effect on story-writing – study

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A new report suggests the national curriculum’s focus on teaching grammar may not help pupils to write more effectively.

A study funded by the Nuffield Foundation, and co-authored by researchers from UCL and the University of York, assessed whether Year 2 pupils’ writing improved after a grammar teaching intervention called Englicious.

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