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The use of an objective test in predicting rhetoric grades
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Berg I.A.; Johnson G.; Larsen R.P.
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1945
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Educational and Psychological Measurement
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0
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10.1177/001316444500500409
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Data from 538 University of Illinois Liberal Arts College freshmen in Rhetoric 1 were analyzed. It was found that the scores of an objective test in the mechanics of expression correlated as high as. 69 with final grades in rhetoric. Critical ratios of the differences in the mean objective test scores of students earning final grades of “A,” “3,” “C,” etc., were significant. The question was raised as to why course grades which were presumably determined subjectively should correlate highly with scores on an objective test. The explanation advanced was that the preparation of many students was such that the rhetoric instructor was forced to grade largely on the basis of errors in mechanics. It was further suggested that instructors probably view more sternly objectively ascertained errors such as he don't and alright than the more subjectively determined errors such as triteness and freshness of treatment. Also, it was considered possible that the instructor.may have been influenced when grading English compositions by the fact that purely objective errors are more easily detected and that the student is less likely to contest a grade based upon objective errors. The possibility that a parallel development exists between mastery of English mechanics and effectiveness of expression was considered but judged to be inadequate as an explanation. © 1945, SAGE Publications. All rights reserved.
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