Teacher-Examiner Opinion on the Evaluation of the Aims of Teaching Leaving Certificate English by Essay and Objective Examinations

See also this Journal, 3, 3, November, 1959, 147–166 and 4, 1, April, 1960, 11–29.

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Terry P. W. “How Students Review for Objective and Essay Tests”. El. Sch. J., 33, April, 1933, 592–603.

Terry P. W. “How Students Prepare for Three Types of Objective Tests”. J. Ed. Res., XXVII, 1934, 333–343.

Douglass H. R. Tallmadge M. “How University Students Prepare for New Types of Examinations”. Sch. and Soc., 39, March, 1934, 318–320.

Meyer G. “An Experimental Study of the Old and New Type Examinations. I. The Effect of Examination Set on Memory. II. Methods of Study”. J. Ed. Psychol., 25, December, 1934, 641–661, and 26, January, 1935, 30–40.

Class E. C. “The Effect of Kind of Test Announcement on Student's Preparation”. J. Ed. Res., 28, January, 1935, 358–361.

French J. W. “The Effect of Essay Tests on Student Motivation”. RB-56-4, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, 1956.

For a description of these objective tests, see Dunn S. S. “Objective Tests in Western Australian Leaving English”. Opinion, March, 1959.

Percentages do not total 100 as one teacher gave some weighting to aims he included under “Other aims not listed”. As his reply was one of the most thoughtful and divergent, it was decided to include it rather than omit it because five categories were rated.

Williams H. S. “Public Examinations in Western Australia”. Educand, 1, 3, November, 1952, 65–68.