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Peer reviewedApplebee, Arthur N. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1977
An overview of 30 studies published since 1968 which employed the "elements" proposed by Purves and Rippere for analyzing student response to literature. (DD)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Higher Education, Literary Criticism, Literature
Peer reviewedBell, Eric; Price, Alan – Research in the Teaching of English, 1982
Grades in a college composition course were withheld over a 10-week term to determine how students would redirect their anxiety. (HOD)
Descriptors: Anxiety, College Students, Grades (Scholastic), Higher Education
Peer reviewedZaharias, Jane A. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1986
To assess the effects of textual variation on students' preferred patterns of literary response, 166 college students were asked to read two poems and two short stories. The findings provided support for the notion that students' preferred patterns of response are strongly influenced by the nature of the texts they read. (HOD)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Influences, Literary Genres, Literature Appreciation
Peer reviewedWitte, Stephen P.; And Others – Research in the Teaching of English, 1983
Details the development of an instrument for reporting teacher and course effectiveness in college composition courses. (HOD)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Program Effectiveness
Peer reviewedYarbro, Richard; Angevine, Betty – Research in the Teaching of English, 1982
Compares the traditional method of composition grading, marginal comments, with a more recent technique, comments on cassette tape. (HOD)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Grading, Higher Education, Magnetic Tape Cassettes
Peer reviewedMiall, David S. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1985
Examines the use of the repertory grid technique to describe student responses to the poem "Frost at Midnight" by Coleridge. (HOD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, English Instruction, English Literature, Higher Education
Peer reviewedHerrington, Anne J. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1985
An investigation into the context for writing in two college chemical engineering classes revealed that the two courses represented distinct communities where different issues were addressed, different lines of reasoning used, different writer and audience roles assumed, and different social purposes served by writing. Copies of assignments are…
Descriptors: Chemical Engineering, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Content Area Writing
