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Show The 1 following - conclusions are justified in this study: A w i d e v a r i a t i o n e x i s t s among t e a c h e r s o f E n g l i s h c o m p o s i t i o n in t h e grammar g r a d e s i n t h e i r ability t o judge t h e p r o d u c t of t h e i r e f f o r t s i n t e r m s of t h e c o m p o s i t i o n s w r i t t e n by t h e i r p u p i l s . See r e p o r t of e x p e r i m e n t in P a r t I , S e c t i o n I , and r e s u l t s of e x p e r i m e n t , a s shown i n T a b l e I and F i g u r e s l and 2 . 2 - As a r e s u l t of p r a c t i c e i n s c o r i n g c o m p o s i t i o n w i t h t h e a i d of t h e E u d e l s o n S c a l e , o v e r a p e r i o d of f o u r m o n t h s , and t h e s t u d y g i v e n t h e s u b j e c t by t h e t e a c h e r s , marked improvement was found, in t h e i r abil i t y t o e v a l u a t e c h i l d r e n ' s compos i t o n s . See Table IV and P i g u r e 4 . 3 I t is u n f a i r t o c h i l d r e n f o r t e a c h e r s t o s c o r e compo s i t i o n s s u b j e c t i v e l y when b e t t e r means a r e available. - 1 4 - Untrained teachers subjective are highly unreliable. 5 - I m p r o v e m e n t made by t e a c h e r s i n e v a l u a t i n g compositions was r e f l e c t e d by t h e p u p i l s i n t h e i r improvement in writing compositions. See T a b l e V and P i g u r e 8 . 6 C o m p o s i t i o n - r e s u l t s r e a d from t h e C o m p o s i t i o n Sigma T a b l e may b e c o m p a r e d d i r e c t l y w i t h Intelligence Sigma r e s u l t s . See T a b l e VI a n d d i s c u s s i o n o f T a b l e VI on p a g e 7 and a p p e n d i x 3 . - 7 - composition ratings The u n u s u a l c o m p o s i t i o n a o c o m p I s l a m e n t g a i n s made by t h e p u p i l s of t h e ' t r a i n e d t e a c h e r s in the e x p e r i m e n t s d e s c r i b e d on p a g e s 48 and 7 1 , were due t o b e t t e r t e a c h i n g which r e s u l t e d from t h e t e a c h e r s having learned t o e v a l u a t e c o m p o s i t i o n s more a c c u r a t e l y . 1 8 - It 1 is - 'Vhen m e a s u r e l a g c o m p o s i t i o n r s u l t s , i t i s d e s i r a b l e use u n i t s l i k e t h e sigma s c o r e s , t h a t are d i r e c t l y comparable w i t h t h e u n i t s used in the intelligence t e s t s t h a t a r e g i v e n to t h e same c h i l d r e n , p a g e 5 8 . to recommended: That t e a c h e r s l e a r n t o use a good c o m p o s i t i o n s c a l e as an aid in l e a r n i n g to evaluate c h i l d r e n ' s compositions. 2 - That e d u c a t i o n a l i n s t i t u t i o n s should p r o v i d e f o r t r a i n i n g Of t e a c h e r s i n e v a l u a t i n g t h e i r composition work. 3 That s c h o o l d i s t r i c t s , where t h e r e a r e enough p u p i l s t o w a r r a n t d o i n g s o , s h o u l d c o n s t r u c t and use com p o s i t i o n sigma t a b l e s and i n t e l l i g e n c e sigma t a b l e s as a means f o r d e t e r m i n i n g r e l a t i v e accomplishment. - a course pupils' |
