Category: Irish Journal of Education

THE VALIDITY OF THE DAT AS A MEASURE OF SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE IN IRISH POST-PRIMARY SCHOOLS Michael 0 Martin and Bernard O’Rourke This study examines the criterion-related validity of the Differential Aptitude Tests (DAT) (Verbal Reasoning and Numerical Abdity) using as criterion variables performance on objective tests of achievement (Drumcondra Attainment Tests) and on public examinationsRead more…

RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ACHIEVEMENT IN SPOKEN IRISH AND DEMOGRAPHIC, ADMINISTRATIVE, AND TEACHING FACTORS John Harris The investigation of the factors affecting achievement in spoken Irish at primary and post primary levels has been hampered by the absence of objective tests. In the present study a recently developed objective test of spoken Irish was available and achievementRead more…

READING IN THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: A BIBLIOGRAPHY Brendan Molloy and Vincent Greaney Studies of reading (N:157) which have been carried out in the Republic of Ireland are categorized under six headings: curriculum and curriculum evaluation, social factors and reading, psychology of reading, teaching and learning of reading, tests, and research summaries. The bibliography includesRead more…

INFORMAL TEACHING IN THE PRIMARY SCHOOL: CHARACTERISTICS AND CORRELATES Owen Egan A questionnaire on teaching approaches and practices was sent to a national sample of primary teachers at all grades in Irish national schools; 675 (or 66%) responded. Responses to the questionnaire were reduced to 25 variables, including 21 factor scores, which referred to curricularRead more…

PARTICIPATION IN UNIVERSITY EDUCATION BY GENDER AND GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION Thomas Kellaghan and Patricia J. Fontes Rates of participation in university education were calculated for each county in the Republic of Ireland for the academic year 1977/78. Rate was defined as the number of 17 to 30 year olds with permanent residence in each county attendingRead more…

EDUCATION AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC CLASS: A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF 1971 IRISH CENSUS DATA R. C. Geary and E. W. Henry From unpublished tables supplementary to the Census of Population of Ireland, 1971, Volume XII, the educational status of the population aged 14 or over whose education had ended is analysed by social group. There are considerableRead more…

GROWTH IN MATHEMATICAL ATTAINMENTS OF PUPILS John S. Close, Thomas Kellaghan, George F. Madaus and Peter W. Airasian The performance of a sample of 1,167 sixth class and 640 first year post-primary pupils was assessed at the beginning and end of the school year using a test based on 55 objectives of the mathematics curriculumRead more…

INCIDENCE AND CORRELATES OF ILLITERACY IN IRISH PRIMARY SCHOOLS Patricia J Fontes and Thomas Kellaghan All sixth class pupils in 93 Irish primary schools were rated by teachers as either having or not having problems related to literacy (in reading and/or writing). Teachers perceived 62% of pupils as being unable to cope with everyday demandsRead more…

THE MATHEMATICAL ATTAINMENTS OF POST-PRIMARY SCHOOL ENTRANTS Thomas Kellaghan, George F. Madaus, Peter W Airasian and Patricia J. Fontes A test based on the curriculum in mathematics for the end of the primary school was administered to 923 pupils in their first term in post-primary school. The test was designed to assess the pupils’ attainmentRead more…

ISSUES CONCERNING EDUCATIONAL STUDIES AND TEACHER EDUCATION Joseph Dunne The decision to grant university recognition to the colleges of education in Ireland is made the point of departure for a consideration of the requirements of teacher education and of the nature of educational studies. The position developed is then applied to support some critical remarksRead more…