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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Literature -- Study and teaching (Secondary)"”.
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A comparison of two methods of teaching English in selected classes of the same high school
The purpose of this study was to set up equivalent groups of conventional and experimental classes in English in order to test both groups with certain standardized tests before and after a definite period of instruction, and to evaluate the relative efficiency of the two teaching methods in light …
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Redefining high school American literature in a diverse nation
<p>The purpose of this qualitative study was to evaluate why high school students in America study American literature that includes a majority of writers of white western European descent and excludes writers of multicultural backgrounds. This study also analyzed if exposure to works by …
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A Questionnaire Survey of Why, How, and What Literature is Being Taught in the Eleventh and Twelfth Grades in the State of Washington
It was the purpose of this study (1) to obtain a cross-section analysis of the eleventh and twelfth grade teachers of literature in the state of Washington; (2) to discover the attitudes of these teaches as to why and how literature should be taught in grades eleven and twelve; (3) to learn how it …
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The implementation of the exit slip strategy to examine the advancement of paraphrasing and summarizing Shakespearean text
<p>The purpose of this action research study was to help mediate areas of deficiency that were identified in the essay and composition writing of a group of freshman Honors' students. During this study, students were provided with specific strategies to interpret texts so they could begin to …
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Blogging in response to literature: reading, writing, and thinking through the digital medium
… in an online classroom blog in response to literature assigned for their English class. The study was conducted in an eighth grade classroom and involved 37 students. The qualitative research paradigm was followed and data collected included student surveys, blog writing samples, classroom …