The Poet, the Computer, and the Classroom.

Strenski, Ellen; Esposito, Nancy Giller

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Publication Date: 1980-Oct

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The Poet, the Computer, and the Classroom.

Strenski, Ellen; Esposito, Nancy Giller

College English, v42 n2 p142-50 Oct 1980

An exercise in which students chose between a computer-made poem and a poem with a human voice produced disconcerting results for two college teachers and revealed that the teachers made unwitting assumptions about taste, perception, values, and truth. (RL)

Descriptors: Higher Education, Individual Differences, Literary Criticism, Literature Appreciation, Poetry, Student Reaction, Writing Instruction

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Language: English

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