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      ED 091 743                                           CS 201 348
      AUTHOR           Gallb, Donald R.
      TITLE            Poetry Methods Rating Scale.
      PUB DATE         68
      NOTE             21p.; Reprinted from "Research in the Teaching of
                       English," Pall 1968; See related documents CS 201
                       320-375
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      DESCRIPTORS      *Educational Research; Language Arts; *Measurement
                       Instruments; *Poetry; Research Tools; Resource
                       Materials; Secondary Education; *Teacher Attitudes;
                       Teaching Methods; *Teaching Skills
      IDENTIFIERS      *The Research Instruments Project; TRIP
      ABSTRACT
                       Designed to assess high school teachers' attitudes
      about teaching poetry, this questionnaire asked teachers to respond
      to a 38-item poetry methods rating scale (PMRS) on a seven-point
      scale (from "strongly agree" to "strongly disagree"). The items for
      the questionnaire were derived from a study of popular iethods texts
      for teaching literature. Scores on the questionnaire were compared
      with the scores originally obtained from experts in teaching English.
      The Spearman-Brown split-halves reliability for 39 teachers in the
      study in which the PMRS was used was .75. The test-retest reliability
      coefficient was .62 for 93 other teachers on whom the questionnaire
      was tried out. [This document is one of those reviewed in The
      Research Instruments Project (TRIP) monograph "Measures for Research
      and Evaluation in the English Language Arts" to be published by the
      Committee on Research of the National Council of Teachers of English
      in cooperation with the ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and
      communication Skills. A TRIP review which precedes the document lists
      its category (Teacher Competency), title, author, date, and age range
       (high school), describes the instrument's purpose and physical
      characteristics.] (JM)
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                                           The attached document contains one of the measures reviewed
                                           in the TRIP committee monograph titled:
                                                                  Measures for Research and Evaluation
                                                                          in the English Langiage Arts
                                           TRIP is an acronym which signifies an effort to abstract
                                           and make readily available measures for research and evalua-
                                           tion in the English language arts.                                   These measures relate to
                                           language development, listening, literature, reading, standard
                                           English as a second language or dialect, teacher competencies,
                                           or writing.              In order to make these instruments more readily
                                           available; the ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication
                                           Skills has supported the TRIP committee sponsored by the Committee
                                           on Research of the National Council of Teachers of English and
                                           has processed the material into the ERIC system.                                                 The ERIC
                                           Clearinghouse accession numbers that encompass most of these
                                           documents are CS,20/32o-CS40/.37.
              TRIP Committee:
              W.T. Fagan, Chairman
              University of Alberta, Edmonton
              Charles R. Cooper
              State University of New York
                  at Buffalo
              Julie M. Jensen
      (\11    The University of Texas at Austin
       ti)    Bernard O'Donnell
              Director, ERIC/RCS
              Roy C, O'Donnell
              The University. of Georgia
              Liaison to NCTE Committee
                  on Research
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          Category:   Teacher CompeteucY
          Title:   Poetry Methods Rating Scale
          Author:   Donald R. Gann
           Description of the Instrument:
                Purpose:    To assess high school teachers' attitudes about teaching poetry,
                Date of Construction: 1968
                Physical Description:   With the thirty-eight item PMRS teachers are
          asked to respond on a seven point scale (from strongly agree, to strongly
          disagree) to statements like the following:     "Before the class roads and
          studies n poem, the teacher should tell the students to look or listen
           for specific things."   The items for the questionnaire were derived from
          a study of popular methods texts for teaching literature.      The original
          pool of items was first tried out on "experts in teaching English," and
           their scores on each or the retained items in the final form of the
          questionnaire permit comparison of the teachers' scores with the experts'
           scores.
                   The questionnaire can be completed in about twenty minutes.
           Validity, Reliability, and Normative Data:
                   The Spearman-Brown split-halves reliability for thirty-nine
           teachers in the study in which the PMRS was used was .75.     The test-retest
           reliability coefficient was .62 for ninety-three other teachers on whom
           the questionnaire was tried out.    The author concludes:   "The PMRS is a
           reliable instrument for assessing English teachers' opinions of methods
           of teaching poetry."
                   Evidence for validity was sought through a number of correlations.
           Positive and statistically significant ones were found between PMRS scores
           and the Teaching Situation Reaction Test, students' evaluations of their
           teachers, years of Leaching experience, and amount of poetry read and
           enjoyed by students in a teacher's classes.   In addition, the experts'
           screening of the items contributes to validity.   The author concludes
           that while evidence of validity is not strong, some item revision and
           tryouts on a larger sample will probably produce higher validity co-
           efficients.
                   Experts' scores on the questionnaire and.their scale scores
           on individual items provide a kind of normative data to which teachers'
           scores can be compared.  In addition, the reported mean scores (by years
           of teaching experience) for the upstate New York teachers in the study
           provide further normative data.
           Ordering Information.:
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           Related documents:
                   Also available in Donald R. Gallo, "Toward a More Effective
           Assessment of Poetry Teaching Methods," Research in the Teaching of English,
           2 (Fall 1968), 125-141.