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Raen Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Last but not least

I promise this is my last question. Here's my ending comment for the assignment. Please take a look at the last part of the sentence, is the grammatical? I'm not confident with that sort of sentence structure:

"Having said that, constructivist teaching is important because it allows students freedom to try new approaches to solve a problem. By doing so, they gain deeper understanding of the materials that they wouldn’t have with direct instructions."

Thank you very much.
  

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The construction of this sentence has potential to be confusing. The part you wrote in bold comes directly after the word materials, so it seems the phrase refers to the materials, not the understanding. Also, you should use than rather than that.

— Elanguest

  • The construction of this sentence has potential to be confusing.
  • The part you wrote in bold comes directly after the word materials, so it seems the phrase refers to the materials, not the understanding.
  • Also, you should use than rather than that.
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The construction of this sentence has potential to be confusing. The part you wrote in bold comes directly after the word materials, so it seems the phrase refers to the materials, not the understanding. Also, you should use than rather than that.
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So do you mean like this:

"...the materials than they would have with direct instructions."

If I do so, the sentence is then no grammatical errors in general? Thank you ahead.
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Yes, you can say,

By doing so, they gain a deeper understanding of the materials than they would have with direct instructions.

It is clear enough that way I think.
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