Literary Theory: Assessing Student Performance and Perception

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Literary Theory Assessing Student Performance
and Perception

• Patricia B. Angley, English
• Anna Maria Jones, English
• Bernadette M.E. Jungblut, Political Science

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Hypothesis, Data Methods

• H Students in literature courses that integrate
  theory instruction with literature curriculum
  will perform better than students in courses
  where they are expected to retain and apply
  skills from ENG 3014 but are not given further
  theory instruction.
• DM Fall 2004-Spring 2005, pre- and post-course
  diagnostics and attitudinal surveys were
  administered to treatment groups (ENL 4253, ENL
  4273, AML 3640) and control groups (AML 3051, two
  sections). Treatment groups received literary
  theory instruction, whereas control groups did
  not. Descriptive, correlational and multivariate
  regression analyses were conducted.

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SummerFall 2005

• Spring 2005 data analyses will be completed and
  compared to Fall 2004 findings.
• IRB approval will be extended for the 2005-06
  school year, and an undergraduate assistant will
  be added to the research team.
• Additional surveys and diagnostics will be
  administered in Fall 2005, with LIT 3383 as
  treatment group and LIT 4932 as control.
• Fall 2004-Spring 2005 data will be compared to
  Fall 05 data to test robustness of findings.