Research Base for Sentence Combining

Andrews, R., Torgerson, C., Beverton, S., Freeman, A., Locke, T., Low, G., . . . Zhu, D. (2006). The effect of grammar teaching on writing development. British Educational Research Journal, 32, 39–55. doi:10.1080/01411920500401997

Datchuk, S. M., & Kubina, R. M. (2013). A review of teaching sentence-level writing skills to students with writing difficulties and learning disabilities. Remedial and Special Education, 34, 180–192. doi:10.1177/0741932512448254

Datchuk, S. M., & Kubina, R. M. (2015). Effects of sentence-combining instruction and frequency building to a performance criterion with adolescents with difficulty constructing sentences. Journal of Evidence-Based Practices for Schools, 14, 160–185.

Graham, S., & Hebert, M. A. (2010). Writing to read: Evidence for how writing can improve reading. Washington, DC: Alliance for Excellent Education. Retrieved from https://www.carnegie.org/media/filer_public/9d/e2/9de20604-a055-42da-bc00-77da949b29d7/ccny_report_2010_writing.pdf

Graham, S., & Perin, D. (2007a). A meta-analysis of writing instruction for adolescent students. Journal of Educational Psychology, 99, 445–476. doi:10.1037/0022-0663.99.3.445

Graham, S., & Perin, D. (2007b). Writing next: Effective strategies to improve writing of adolescents in middle and high schools. Washington, DC: Alliance for Excellent Education. Retrieved from http://carnegie.org/fileadmin/Media/Publications/PDF/writingnext.pdf

Limpo, T., & Alves, R. A. (2013). Teaching planning or sentence-combining strategies: Effective SRSD interventions at different levels of written composition. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 38, 328–341. doi:10.1016/j.cedpsych.2013.07.004

Saddler, B. (2012). Teacher’s guide to effective sentence writing. New York, NY: Guilford Press.

Saddler, B., Behforooz, B., & Asaro, K. (2008). The effects of sentence combining instruction on the writing of fourth grade students with learning disabilities. Journal of Special Education, 42, 79–90. doi:10.1177/0022466907310371

Saddler, B., & Graham, S. (2005). The effects of peer-assisted sentence combining instruction on the writing of more and less skilled young writers. Journal of Educational Psychology, 97, 43–54. doi:10.1037/0022-0663.97.1.43