Marked year-to-year overlap in Latin sentence translation ability: substantial percentages of pupils reach or exceed the medians of later years¶

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Evidence · 1 study · design r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 1917 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Thirty-five per cent of second-year pupils and seventeen per cent of third-year pupils do not reach the median ability of the first year on Test B. → Henmon 1917

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? · design · r2

Same Test B dataset; the article notes "the overlapping from year to year is marked" and Figures 1 and 2 show the distributions graphically.

"On the other hand, there are in the same test thirty-five per cent, of second year pupils and seventeen per cent, of third year pupils who do not reach the median ability of the first year."

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