Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Semester of Degree Completion
1990
Thesis Director
Don Dolton
Abstract
This study is about the relationship of content in teaching to the process in teaching for the purpose of helping students to become better readers of literature. This study investigates two selected teaching strategies supported by research to be effective, and applies them to the teaching of a canonical piece of literature, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. This study employs literary theory in the development of the objectives and applies both cooperative learning and mastery learning methods to the teaching of this novel. Two sets of lesson plans are developed from the objectives and subsequently analyzed for their effectiveness against a set of criteria established by experts. The study then hypothetically compares and contrasts each method and examines their appropriateness in relationship to achieving the stated objectives.
Recommended Citation
Kardas, Janine M., "Selective Methods of Teaching Secondary English: The Scarlet Letter: A Study and Application of the Collaborative and Mastery Learning Methods" (1990). Masters Theses. 326.
https://thekeep.eiu.edu/theses/326
Included in
American Literature Commons, Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Educational Methods Commons, Literature in English, North America Commons, Secondary Education Commons
