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Putting Readers in Their Places: Some Alternatives to Cloning Stanley Fish.
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Purves, Alan C. – College English, 1980
Explores the relationship and transaction between a reader and literature. Discusses the implications of this relationship on literature text choice and curriculum, as well as the feasibility of heuristics in a curriculum. (HTH)
Descriptors: College English, Higher Education, Literature, Reading Processes
Testing? Testing? In Literature?
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Purves, Alan C. – 1974
The assumptions behind secondary school literature course tests--whether asking students to recall aspects of literary works, to relate literary works to each other, or to analyze unfamiliar literary works--are open to question. They fail to acknowledge some of the most important aspects of literature which, if properly taught, should provide a…
Descriptors: Essay Tests, Literature, Literature Appreciation, Objective Tests
Inside Every Poem, There Is a Human Being Trying To Get Out
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Purves, Alan C. – English Education, 1971
Descriptors: English Instruction, Literary Criticism, Literature Appreciation, Poetry
Research in the Teaching of Literature
Purves, Alan C. – Elementary English, 1975
Descriptors: Interest Research, Literary Influences, Literature Appreciation, Reader Response
Using the IEA Data Bank for Research in Reading and Response to Literature.
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Purves, Alan C. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1978
Summarizes the findings of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) pertinent to reading and response to literature and suggests ways the IEA data bank can stimulate research by suggesting hypotheses. (DD)
Descriptors: Databases, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Sources
Literature Education in Ten Countries: An Empirical Study. International Studies in Evaluation II.
Purves, Alan C. – 1973
It is the purpose of this volume to present some of the highlights of the literature survey inaugurated by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement which was undertaken in nine countries: Belgium, Chile, England, Finland, Iran, Italy, New Zealand, Sweden, and the United States. Information was sought concerning…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences