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  • Volume 13
  •  Issue 2
  • Publication Date: Winter 2002



Vocabulary and Grammar: Critical Content for Critical Thinking

Michael Clay Thompson

The status of direct instruction in grammar and vocabulary has fallen into decline during an era of whole-language philosophy that rejects teaching “skills in isolation.” Grammar has been misunderstood and stereotyped as tedious, remedial, unteachable, and useless. These areas of knowledge must be restored to their necessary place in language arts programs for gifted children, who need educated vocabularies and grammar competence of exceptional quality.



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