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Page 84 - The Teaching of Economics in Harvard University. A Report Presented by the Division of Education at the Request of the Department of Economics.
Page 14 - III: The Teaching of Economics in Harvard University. A Report Presented by the Division of Education at the Request of the Department of Economics.
Page 12 - ... relatively constant and the poor distribution is found" annually from 1902 to date, (e) the method of reading and scoring the papers, especially the lack of standardization of values and corrections in conformity with the curve of error, is a very natural factor in causing the existing conditions, (f) the suggestion is made that some approximation to the normal curve offers the best basis for solving present irregularities.
Page 84 - HARVARD BULLETINS IN EDUCATION I. The School System as an Educational Laboratory. By WM. S. LEARNED. 25 cents. II. Scales for the Measurement of English Composition. By FRANK W. BALLOU. 50 cents. III. Bridging the Gap: The Transfer Class. By FW WRIGHT. 30 cents. IV. A Selected Critical Bibliography of Vocational Guidance. By JOHN M. BREWER and ROY W. KELLY.
Page 84 - S. Learned. 25 cents. II. SCALES FOR THE MEASUREMENT or ENGLISH COMPOSITION. By Frank W. Ballou. 50 cents.
Page 14 - Wright. jo cents. IV. A SELECTED CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE. By John M. Brewer and Roy W. Kelly. 50 cents. V. A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MEASUREMENT IN ELEMENTARY SUBJECTS. By Henry W. Holmes and others. 50 cents. VI. BUSINESS PRACTICE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. By Roy Davis. 50 cents. VII. SIGHT-SAVING CLASSES IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. By RB Irwin. 35 cents. VIII. THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: ITS ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT. By RR Price.
Page 16 - ... 2 5.5 3 20 Standard Educational Tests in the As may be seen from the table, Cape Giradeau leads with 8 examples attempted. Maryville and Warrensburg are tied with 7 attempts each. The variability of the Warrensburg median is, however, twice as great as that of Maryville, and since the latter school ranks decidedly superior to Warrensburg by the Rank-Sum method of comparison, it seems that Maryville should have the second place. In the table, Columbia, Kirksville, and Springfield all rank the...
Page 12 - ... marks aggregating 1000 to 5000 in a subject, or 11,000 to 44,000 for a yearly total, ought to conform to the curve of error and hence no attempt is made to check up or correct results on the basis of the normal distribution. CONCLUSION. The facts seem to show clearly that, (a) only in rare instances, in the subjects studied, does the assignment of marks nearly approximate the normal...
Page 26 - The purpose of this test is to determine "the ability of pupils to get meaning from the printed page. ' ' It consists of a series of ' ' exercises, ' ' in the form of short paragraphs, in which the child is given certain directions to follow or in which he is required to solve a simple problem. Each exercise is so arranged that the response of the child is either right or wrong. A folder containing a set of these exercises is given to each child in the class, and all begin to work at a signal from...
Page 6 - ... list of graphical representations for totals of different years. If all of the marks assigned in all subjects from 1902 to 1920 inclusive were combined into one grand total average distribution it would be as follows : Grand Total 90-100 75-89 60-74 50-59 0-49 445,620 4.78% 18.34% 31.14% 13.78% 31.96% In other words out of 445,620 cases only 4.78% received the highest grade while 31.96% failed.