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ERIC Number: EJ282033
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983
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Attitudes, Social Conventions and Response to Literature.
Beach, Richard
Journal of Research and Development in Education, v16 n3 p47-54 Spr 1983
The impact of high school and college students' prior knowledge of literary and social conventions on their attitudes toward fictional characters is examined. Differences were found in attitudes toward the teaching of literature and in evaluations of a fictional teacher's behavior. A model for research in this area is proposed. (PP)
Descriptors: Education Majors, Educational Attitudes, High School Students, Higher Education, Literary Devices, Prior Learning, Reader Response, Reading Attitudes, Reading Research, Research Needs, Social Cognition, Student Reaction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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