03330nam a22005892u 4500 5475237 BD-DhUL 20170108113227.0 he u||024|||| 080220s1986 xxu ||| b ||| | eng d ED278011 ERIC ericd eng ericd MvI BD-DhUL 821 BEE mfm Benton, Peter. Examining Poetry / Peter Benton. Washington, D.C. : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1986. 67 p. ; 24 cm. Availability: Southern Regional Examinations Board, Avondale House, 33 Carlton Crescent, Southampton, S09 4YL England, United Kingdom (35 pence). ericd Elaborated as a response to a traditional set of secondary school poetry examinations that are called "sterile and outmoded," this report resulted from a series of seminars held in England by literature educators. The report offers extensive guidelines for modernizing the exams, examples of student critical writing about particular poems, and student responses to the educators' modernization plans. Part 1, "Exploring Possible Achievements," assesses the efficacy of current exam guidelines, offering concrete examples using student comments on several poems. Part 2, "Experimenting with Guidelines," discusses strategies for the improvement of the guidelines, such as changing the wording or offering alternate sets of guidelines for different students. Part 3, "Ideological Issues: A Further Experiment," considers a particularly complex question, ideology, and focuses on the most accessible use of the concept--consciously committed poetry, and especially satirical criticism and protest about political and social mores. Part 4, "Questions on Poetry Anthologies," argues against exam questions that generalize about poetic texts and for a less rigid system which would enlist the collaboration of the students and allow for a more independent response. (NKA) Practitioners. ericd Teachers. ericd Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive. Educational Change. ericd Educational Improvement. ericd Educational Innovation. ericd Evaluation Criteria. ericd Evaluation Methods. ericd Feedback. ericd Foreign Countries. ericd Guidelines. ericd Ideology. ericd Literary Criticism. ericd Literary Devices. ericd Literature Appreciation. ericd Modernization. ericd Poetry. ericd Reader Response. ericd Reading Comprehension. ericd Secondary Education. ericd Test Construction. ericd Test Format. ericd Test Interpretation. ericd Test Reliability. ericd Guides, Classroom Teacher. ericd Reports, Descriptive. ericd Opinion Papers. ericd Stratta, Leslie, author. Southern Regional Examinations Board, Southampton (England). ddc BK ANL mc 2253 ED278011 77000000283306 147543 147543 0 0 ddc 0 821_000000000000000_BEE 0 NFIC 275740 DUL DUL GEN 2017-01-08 Purchased 821 BEE 358452 2017-01-08 2017-01-08 BK