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Should students be routinely quizzed to determine if they have read the assigned text?
What is (and should be) the role of technology in the classroom?
Should teachers interject their own political beliefs into the classroom?
A clash of symbols: does the teaching of ideas such as "symbols," and "theme" help or hurt a student's understanding of the text
Why I became (or want to become) a teacher
Is there a way to decrease the amount of cheating in our classrooms?
Should teachers friend their current students on Facebook?
Rudeness in Class
Should English Teachers spend time talking about what an author meant?
Keeping to the Text

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Is it important to still teach whole class novels?

Submitted by scotese on Tue, 2011-10-18 08:31

Yes

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No

2% (3 votes)

I'm on the fence

9% (18 votes)

Total votes: 190

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