Pedagogy Oct 2014

Literary Discipline in the Margins

Lisa Schreibersdorf

Abstract

Survey responses suggest that students in introductory literature classes perceive a mismatch between what they believe is important to do in assignments and what they learn from comments on their papers. Survey questions focused on the relative importance of key concepts in literary study: accurate understanding, independent insight, and written expression.

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Pedagogy
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2014-10-01
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10.1215/15314200-2715823
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