A survey of 30 Kentucky high school English department heads known to have phase-elective programs indicated that 40% of the high schools had folklore as an offering; 60% believed that an anthology of Kentucky folklore would be valuable. No teacher reported more than nine hours of college or university folklore course work; most had had none. A…

Secondary school English teachers, drawn randomly from school systems throughout New York State, were polled with regard to their knowledge of current testing practices and their attitudes toward testing and accountability. A total of 497 usable responses (50.5% response) was obtained. Findings suggest that there is a wide variety of standardized…

The purpose of this study was to ascertain the current practices in freshman English in Oklahoma colleges. The population in this study included all Oklahoma institutions of higher education fully accredited by the state as of July 1, 1972, and extending through June 30, 1973. Some of the findings were: three-fourths of the senior colleges and all…

The two primary objectives of this dissertation were to describe the 48 novels taught in English classes in a specific secondary school in Pennsylvania and, through a survey, to determine whether these novels were unique or representative of novels taught in other Pennsylvania schools. The description of each novel includes a critical summary, the…

The purpose of this study was to determine how much emphasis is placed on minority literature in the American literature course in the secondary schools of South Carolina. A questionnaire dealing with various aspects of the American literature course was sent to the chairmen of English departments in 216 secondary schools, and the findings are…

The purpose of this study was to obtain information about which remedial reading materials and methods secondary teachers of English and reading, chairpersons, and supervisors of reading in South Carolina are using with students having difficulty in reading. A questionnaire survey was sent to all the schools teaching grades 9-12 in the state of…

This study surveyed and described the organizational administration, faculty, and curriculum in the field of English at 22 church-related liberal arts colleges in Tennessee. To obtain information about the English programs, interviews were used, as well as school catalogs, questionnaires, and visits to the schools. Some of the findings were that…

The purpose of this study was to determine how well today's students are being trained to deal with the persuasive messages which they receive through the mass media. The study involved two questionnaire surveys: the first a survey of 235 chairpersons of departments of speech and English in institutions of higher education in the state of…

Historically, the English curriculum offered by public secondary schools has given little attention to literature written by black Americans. In order to investigate and describe the status of Afro-American literature in the North Carolina public secondary schools, a questionnaire was sent to 358 English department chairs and 328 teachers of…