Latin translation ability varies strikingly across schools, with first-year pupils in some schools outperforming third- and fourth-year pupils in others¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 1917 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? First-year pupils in School O did better on Test A than third- and fourth-year pupils in three other schools and second-year pupils in seven. → Henmon 1917 q2 i? Medians on Test A ranged from 1 to 11 correct in the first year, 4 to 19 in the second, 6.5 to 24 in the third and 3 to 25 in the fourth. → Henmon 1917 (2)

Evidence¶

Henmon 1917¶

Henmon, V. A. C. (1917). The Measurement of Ability in Latin. Part II. Sentence Tests. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://eric.ed.gov/?q=Henmon+Measurement+of+Ability+in+Latin+Sentence+Tests

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Inspection of Tables I and II from the multi-school test administrations; the article calls this "a surprising state of affairs" of variability among relatively highly selected secondary school pupils.

"The first year pupils in School O do better in Test A than the third and fourth year pupils in three other schools and the second year pupils in seven."

Henmon 1917 (2)¶

Henmon, V. A. C. (1917). The Measurement of Ability in Latin. Part II. Sentence Tests. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://eric.ed.gov/?q=Henmon+Measurement+of+Ability+in+Latin+Sentence+Tests

q2 · i? · design · r2

Medians by school reported in Table I for Test A; the quoted sentence prints the full range of school medians for each year of Latin study.

"The range of the medians in Test A for the different schools from 1 to 11 correct in the first year, 4 to 19 in the second, 6.5 to 24 in the third and 3 to 25 in the fourth, shows a surprising state of affairs."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Some sentences show imperfect difficulty graduation, with inversions in per cent correct across years — related
• Even the easiest Latin sentence test items were too difficult for first-year pupils, with only the first sentence translated correctly by most — related
• Marked year-to-year overlap in Latin sentence translation ability: substantial percentages of pupils reach or exceed the medians of later years — related
• Ability to abstract increases strikingly in the earlier school years but less markedly in later years, with striking individual differences — related