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Exploring Issues Related To The Education Of African American Students: A Brief Intervention For Children Who Use Ebonics In Their Writing

Avery, Taniesha
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1113521137

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2005, Master of Arts, Miami University, Speech Pathology and Audiology.
This study explored issues related the education of African American students; particularly the usage of Ebonics in writing. This study was designed to explore the effects of an instructional writing program called contrastive analysis (CA) on the Ebonics usage in the African American students. The study included an experimental group who received the CA instruction and a control group. Formal and informal writing assessments were obtained at pre and post test. Both sets of assessments were analyzed for Ebonics features. The results highlights change in Ebonics features from pre to post test including standard scores from pre to post. Limitations with the study are also presented as well as directions for future research.
Alice Kahn (Advisor)
41 p.

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  • Avery, T. (2005). Exploring Issues Related To The Education Of African American Students: A Brief Intervention For Children Who Use Ebonics In Their Writing [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1113521137

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Avery, Taniesha. Exploring Issues Related To The Education Of African American Students: A Brief Intervention For Children Who Use Ebonics In Their Writing. 2005. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1113521137.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Avery, Taniesha. "Exploring Issues Related To The Education Of African American Students: A Brief Intervention For Children Who Use Ebonics In Their Writing." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1113521137

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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