The measurement of silent reading by Burgess May Ayres 1888-

Author:Burgess, May Ayres, 1888- [from old catalog]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Silent reading
Publisher: New York city, Dept. of education, Russell Sage foundation
Published: 1921-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

3. Scales for difficulty reached consist of series of tasks carefully graded in difficulty from very easy to very hard. Children start at the beginning and work as far as they can. The hardest task successfully completed is taken to mark the upper limit of the child's abiUty.

4. In scales for difficulty reached, the quality required is the "right" of classroom tradition. Difficulty is carefully controlled and increased. The variable measured is the child's abihty to do work of different degrees of difficulty.

5. Scales for difficulty are best devised for subjects where time is not a controlUng factor. Such subjects are rarely found. The independence of achievement scores from time allowed, in any given subject, cannot be assumed; it must be proved; and the burden of proof rests upon the individual who devises the scale.

6. A common method for controlling the time element in scales for difficulty has been to set a definite time allowance for testing and allow children to work as far through the series as they can, at whatever rates they wish, until the signal to stop is given. The task which each one has reached and finished correctly is assumed to be the hardest he can do. This assumption cannot validly be made.

7. Where time is a controlHng factor, the scale for difficulty must be so devised that time is controlled or rate recorded for every child at every step. If this is done, and certain other conditions observed, the resulting scores are statistically comparable.

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