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Research Home Themes \| Find digests \| About the digests resources glossary researchers contact TRIPS Introduction What impact did sentence-combining instruction have on pupils' writing skills? What techniques were used in the intervention? How were all the lessons designed? How did the teaching in the two groups (sentence combining and grammar) differ? How was the research carried out? How were the findings measured? What are the implications of this study for my practice? Where can I find out more? Send us your feedback Collated digests To find out more about collated digests click here Get Word Reader What is the impact of peer-assisted sentence-combining teaching on primary pupils' writing performance? This digest found in English Send to a friend Word doc 60KB Printer friendly Collate for later What impact did sentence-combining instruction have on pupils' writing skills? The study found that sentence-combining instruction integrated with a peer-assisted approach had a positive impact on young writers of all abilities. Pupils in this group were: twice as likely to combine two sentences using a grammatically correct structure than their counterparts who received grammar instruction; and more likely to revise their papers by combining sentences. These revisions improved the quality of their writing.