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ERIC Number: EJ384679
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Examinations and Teaching: An Exploratory Study.
Scarth, John; Hammersley, Martyn
British Educational Research Journal, v14 n3 p231-49 1988
Examines the impact that public examinations of students has upon teaching. The four-year study raises questions about the current assumption that public examinations cause fact-transmission teaching. Uses timings of teacher and pupil talk to examine teaching on a range of different types of courses. (GEA)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Educational Testing, Foreign Countries, Naturalistic Observation, Secondary Education, Student Evaluation, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Didactic Teaching; Great Britain