University Selection: Its Theory,History,and Psychology

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(a) Home Universities Conference. Report of Proceedings. Assoc. of Universities, Lond., 1952, 39–74; also 1947, 7–37 and 56–81; 1948, 87–124; 1951, 11–46; 1955, 13–30. (b) Dale, R. R. From School to University. Lond., 1954, Ch. 3. (c) Thomson, A. K. “Student Selection and Failures in English Universities”. Univ. of Q'land Gazette, 1952, 24, 1–4.

(a) Aust. V.C.'s. 1 (j), p. 23. (b) Clunies Ross, Sir Ian. “The Dilemma of Modern Education”. The Journ. of Educ., V.I.E.R., Melb., 1956, 3, 3, 98–105. (c) Baxter, J. P. Education for the Nuclear Age. Perth, 1957. (d) Denning, A. Relations of Technical and Secondary Education. Govt. Printer, Syd., 1957, and (e) “The Technologist and the Technician: Keys to Australia's Future”. Syd. Morn. Herald, June 19, 1957.

(a) Armytage W. H. G. Civic Universities: Aspects of a British Tradition. Lond, 1955. (b) Ashby, Sir Eric. “The British Universities”. The Listener, 1955 (three articles): I, March 10, 421–424; II, March 17, 467–468; III, March 24, 513–514. (c) Hutchins, R. M. The University of Utopia, Chicago, 1953.

Baxter. 3 (c), p. 9.

(a) Holland T. W. H. “The New Essentials”. Times Educ. Supp., July 12, 1957, p. 1003. (b) Technological Education in Britain. Office of Info., Lond. H.M.S.O., 1957.

Ross Ian Clunies Sir . The Responsibility of Science and the University in the Modern World”. Melb., 1952, p. 14.

(a) Pedley R. Comprehensive Education: A New Approach. Lond., 2nd imp., 1957, pp. 16–58. (b) Mason, S. C. The Leicestershire Experiment: A new venture in the organisation of secondary education. Lond., 1957. (c) Watts, A. F., and Slater, P. The Allocation of Primary School Leavers to Courses in Secondary Education. Nat. Found. for Educ. Res. in England and Wales. Lond., 1950. (d) Watts, A. F., Pidgeon, D. R., and Yates, A. Secondary School Entrance Examinations. Nat. Found. for Educ. Res. in England and Wales., Lond., 1952. (e) Tawney, R. H. “English Educational Problems and Policy”. The Journ. of Educ., V.I.E.R., Melb., 1955, 2, 2, 41–53. (b) Crawford, A. B., and Burnham, P. S. Forecasting College Achievement. A Survey of Aptitude Tests for Higher Education. Yale U.P., 1946. (c) Burnham, P. S. Entrance to a University College: An Exploratory Study. Christchurch, N.Z., 1955.

(a) Chauncey H. “Use of Scholastic Aptitude and Achievement Tests for College Admissions in the United States”. Education News. C.O. Ed., Syd., 1952, 3, 11, 10–14.

Hutchins R. M. Some Observations on American Education. C.U.P., 1956, Ch. 4, aLso p. 106.

Aust. V.C.'s. 1 (j), p. 15.

(a) Report of the Harvard Committee, General Education in a Free Society. Camb., Mass., 13th print, 1950. (b) Conant, J. B. Education and Liberty, 1956, 2nd print., Camb., Mass., pp. 64–67. (c) James, E. Education and Leadership. Lond., 1951.

Sanders. 1 (a), Chs. 1 and 2.

(a) Floud J. E. Halsey A. H. Martin F. M. Social Class and Educational Opportunity. Lond., 1956. (b) Berdie, R. F. Manpower and the Schools. A.C.E.R., Melb., 1956.

Dale. 2 (b), Ch. 1.

(a) Barff H. E. A Short Historical Account of the University of Sydney. Syd., 1902. (b) The Sydney University Calendar, 1852–1853. (c) Conant. 12 (b).

Berry W. E. “The First Hundred Years: A Shorter History of Melbourne University”. The Melbourne Graduate, 1955, Univ. of Melb., Vol. 6. and (b) “The Australian Universities and the War”. History of Educ. Journ. Univ. Michigan, 1951, 2, 4, 111–118, and (c) 1 (a), pp. 136–137.

(a) Sanders C. “Higher Education—State or Commonwealth”. The Australian Quarterly, 1950, 22, 4, 41–49.

(a) McElwain D. W. Williams H. S. , “Report on the Use of Intelligence Tests in the University of Western Australia”, 1939 (mimeo). (b) Sanders, C. “University Selection: Some Psychological and Educational Factors”. Aust. Journ. Psychol., 1953, 5, 2, 118–132 (for research work in the field to 1953, see reference list), and (c) 1 (a), p. 34. (b) Turner, I. S. “A Comparative Experiment in Examining at the Tertiary Level”. The Forum of Educ., Syd. Tchrs'Coll., 1953, 12, 1, 16–26.

(a) Smith F. V. “Predicting Success at the Tertiary Level”. The Forum of Educ., Syd. Tchrs' Coll., 1946, 4, 2 and 3.

(a) Sanders. 1 (a), 18 (a) and (b), 19 (b). (b) Hohne. 1 (b) and (c).

Sanders. 1 (a).

Olsen. 1 (e) to (g). and (b) “A Further Study of Age and Academic Success”. The Forum of Educ., Syd. Tchrs. Coll., 1955, 14, 2, 72–78.

(a) Philp H. Cullen Anne . “Age and Academic Success”. The Forum of Educ., Syd. Tchrs' Coll., 1955, 14, 1, 23–27.

(a) Hohne. 1 (b) and (c). (b) Thodey, P. R. “Under Age Matriculants”. The Journ. of Educ., V.I.E.R., 1955, 2, 3, 99–105.

(a) Sanders. 19 (b), pp. 121–127, and (b) “Aspects of Scholastic Intelligence”. 1951. Paper read to A.N.Z.A.A.S., Sect. J. (See also Ref. 19 (b)). (c) Wheeler, D. K. “Reading Ability of Students Entering the University of Western Australia”. The Educand, 1953, 1, 4, 37–46. (d) Anderson, A. W. “The Reading and Intelligence Scores of Western Australian University Students”. The Educand, 1957, 3, 1.

(a) Herbrand Jeanette V. “Report on Asian Students”. Thesis in Dept. of Educ., Univ. of Syd., 1953. (b) A.C.E.R. Investigation into Asian Students (report mimeo.), Melb., 1953. (c) Sanders, C. “Asian Students in Australian Universities: Some Problems and Interim Results of Research”. Report No. 1, Univ. of W.A., April, 1954 (mimeo), and (d) “Examination Results of Students from S.E. Asia Enrolled in Australian Universities during 1953”. Report No. 2, Univ. of W.A., Nov., 1954 (mimeo), and (e) Universities and Educational Institutions in S.E. Asia, 1955, pp. 35–37, 40–42 (processed with printed cover, available in university libraries).

Eysenck H. J. Uses and Abuses of Psychology. Pelican, Lond., 2nd print, 1954, Ch. 6.

Austin M. N. The Presence of the Past. Univ. of W.A., 1953.

Conant. 12 (b), p. 41.

The School Certificate Examination. H.M.S.O., 1932, p. 9.

(a) Crofts J. M. Jones D. C. Secondary School Examination Statistics. Lond., 1928. (b) Valentine, C. W. The Reliability of Examinations. Lond., 1932. (c) Hartog P. Sir Rhodes E. C. , An Examination of Examinations. Lond., 1936, and The Marks of Examiners. Lond., 1936. (d) Kandel I. L. Examinations and Their Substitutes in the United States. Carnegie Found., New York, 1936.

(a) McIntosh D. M. Walker D. A. , The Scaling of Teachers' Marks and Estimates. Edinburgh, 1949. (b) Petch, J. A. Fifty Years of Examining. Lond., 1953.

Learned W. A. Wood B. D. The Student and His Knowledge. Carnegie Found., New York, 1938.

The Prognostic Value of University Entrance Examinations in Scotland. Lond., 1937. 1951, 2, 1; 1952, 2, 4. (c) Seventh Congress of the Universities of the Commonwealth. Report of Proceedings. Assoc. of Univs. Lond., 1954, 223–250. (d) Yearbook of Education. Lond., 1950, Chs. 1 to 6. (e) Universities Quarterly, various articles: 1951, 6, 1; 1952, 6, 3; 1953, 7, 3, etc. (f) Warburton, F. W. The Selection of University Students. Manc. U.P. (g) Dale. 2 (b). (h) Nature, 1954, Vol. 173, No. 4394, pp. 91–92. (i) Nuffield Research Unit. The Nuffield Student Research Project. Inst. of Psychiatry, Univ. of Lond. (undated). (j) Education News. C.O. Ed., Syd., 1952, 3, 11. (k) Jennings, Sir Ivor. Seventh Congress of Univs. Proceedings, 36c, pp. 227–228, 244–247. (l) Mountford, Sir J. F. “The Extent and Causes of Failure in the First Year of University Work”. Report to the University of Liverpool Convocation, 1955, 32–45.

(a) Home Univs. Conf. 2 (a). (b) Himmelweit H. T. , “Student Selection”. I, II and III. Brit. J. Sociol., 1950, 1, 4;

(a) Burnham. 9 (c). (b) Dick I. D. Williams R. M. , The Academic Record of Science Students in the University of New Zealand. N.Z., D.S.I.R., Bull. No. 113, 1955. (c) Fleming W. G. Factors Affecting the Predictive Accuracy of Ontario Grade XIII Results. Univ. of Toronto, Dept. of Ed. Res., Bull. No. 16, 1955.

(a) McKinnell J. Seventh Congress of Univs. Proceedings, 36c, pp. 223–224, 230–233. (b) Nel, B. F., and Gouws, D. J. “Some Aspects of Maladjustment of First-Year University Students in South Africa. Internat. Review of Educ., 1956, 2, 2, 174–188.

Olsen. 1 (f).

(a) Hohne. 1 (c). (b) Meyers, E. S. “Results of Students Who Were Granted Open Scholarships in the University of Queensland and the Final Results after Six Years of Medical Studies. Univ. of Q'land Gazette, 1953, 25, 5, and (c) “Results of Students Who Obtained C Passes in the Matriculation Examination, 1936–1949”. Univ. of Q'land Gazette, 1954, 29, 8–9. (d) Sunderland, S. “Selection of Students for the Study of Medicine”. Univ. of Melb. Gazette, 1953, 9, 9, 85–87.

(a) Sanders. 1 (a), Ch. 6 and p. 146. (b) Dale. 2 (b), Ch. 2.

Dale. 2 (b), Ch. 7.

(a) Dale. 2 (b), pp. 17, 18, 22–24, 152–153, etc. (b) Young, J. Z. “Admission and Selection of Students”. Seventh Congress of Univs. Proceedings, 36c, pp. 227, 242–244. (c) Garrett, H. F. A. “A Review and Interpretation of Investigations of Factors Related to Scholastic Success in Colleges of Arts and Science and Teachers' Colleges”. J. Exper. Educ., 1949, 18, 2, 91–138. (d) Home Univs. Conf. 2 (a). (b) Dale. 2 (b), pp. 22–24. (c) Hogg, R. “Accrediting—A New Zealand Experiment”. The Educand, 1956, 2, 3, 30–37.

(a) Chapman V. J. “Accrediting and University Entrance”. Universities Quarterly, 1953, 8, 1.

(a) Petch. 33 (b). (b) Brereton, J. L. “The Case for Examinations. C.U.P., 1944, (c) Wheeler, D. K. “Suggestions Regarding the Setting and Marking of Examination Papers”. The Educand, 1955, 2, 2, 49–59. (d) Chauncey. 9 (a). (e) Crawford and Burnham. 9 (b). (f) Dunn, S. S. “The Use of Objective Tests at Leaving Examination Level”. The Educand, 1955, 2, 2, 60–67.

Garrett. 43 (c).

Sanders. 1 (a), Ch. 5 and pp. 143–146, also 19 (b).

Sanders. 1 (a), pp. 27–30 and Ch. 4.

Sanders, C. 26 (b) and “Selection for Australian Universities—A Review of Research”. Paper to Brit. Psychol. Soc., Educ. Sect., Lond., 1952 (mimeo).

(a) Hohne. 1 (c), p. 58. (b) Sanders. 1 (a), p. 89.

Sanders. 1 (a), pp. 27 and 89. and (b) “Biology and General Science”. The Aust. Sci. Tchrs' Journ., May, 1956, and (c) “Secondary Biology Teaching in New South Wales”. The Aust. Journ. of Sci., 1956, 18, 6, 182–188, and (d) “Teaching Zoology”. Australian Zoologist, 1955, 12, 2, 165–175. (e) Fitridge, F. F. “The Present Status of Biology in Secondary Education”. The Journ. of Educ., V.I.E.R., Melb., 1955, 2, 3, 89–93.

(a) Meyer G. R. “Biology in New South Wales Schools”. I and II. The Forum of Educ., Syd. Tchrs' Coll., 1955, 14, 2. 58–71.

(a) Sanders. 1 (a), Ch. 8. (b) Philp and Cullen. 24 (a) and (b). (c) Thodey. 25 (b).

Philp and Cullen. 24 (b), pp. 73 and 78.

Sanders. 1 (a), pp. 79, 101, 19 (b).

Sanders C. “Report on the Prediction of Academic Success”. 1942; and “Report on the Arts Student”. 1943. (Both mimeo).

Sanders. 1 (a), Ch. 7; 19 (b).

Hohne. 1 (b).

Anderson. 26 (d).

Sanders. 19 (b) and 49; Dale. 2 (b), pp. 169–170. also The Structure of Human Abilities. Lond., 1950, pp. 30–32, 71–72.

Vernon P. E. “Educational Abilities of Training College Students”. Brit. J. Educ. Psychol., 1939, 1, 233–250;

Sanders. 19 (b) and 49; Hohne. 1(b).

Wheeler 26(c).

Anderson 26 (d).

Garrett 43 (c).

Chauncey 9 (a); Crawford and Burnham. 9 (b); Burnham. 9 (c).

Dale 2 (b); Young. 43 (b).

Dale 2 (b), Ch. 7.

Garrett 43 (c); Dale. 2 (b), pp. 161–163; Hohne. 1 (b) and (c).

(a) Macklin A. H. Home Univs. Conf. Proceedings, 1951, p. 43; also 1952, p. 67. (b) Dale. 2 (b), Ch. 4. (c) Nel and Gouws. 38 (b). (d) Saunders. 37 (c), (d) and (e).

(a) Young J. B. See Dale. 2 (b), p. 115. (b) Furneaux, W. D. “Some Psychometric Characteristics of University Students Seeking Psychiatric Help”. Paper to Brit. Psychol. Soc., Manc., 1956 (typescript). (b) Hohne. 1 (b) and (c). (c) Young. 43 (b). (d) Peel, E. A. Seventh Congress of Univs. Proceedings, p. 250.

(a) Moore B. G. R. Peel E. A. “Predicting Aptitude for Dentistry”. Occ. Psychol., 1951, 25, 3, 192–199.

Hohne 1 (b) and (c).

(a) Williams J. Seventh Congress of Univs. Proceedings, pp. 225–226, 236–242. (b) Chapman. 44 (a). (c) Dale. 44 (b). (d) Hogg. 44 (c). (e) Sanders. 1 (a), Ch. 9.

(a) Sanders 27 (b), (c) and (d). (b) Sherlock, P. M. Seventh Congress of Univs. Proceedings, pp. 224–225, 233–235. (c) McKinnell. 38 (a). (d) Nel and Gouws. 38 (b).