Testing program correlated with the course of study for woodwork in the junior high schools, Wichita, Kansas

Abstract

Scope of Study: This report deals with the tests correlated with the course of study for woodwork in the junior high schools in Wichita, Kansas, giving the kinds, and types of objective tests used. The report of the study is given in the written tests for each unit in the course of study as presented in the report by James E. Ashley. Included is a brief history of testing and objectivity of tests. A list of material used and the tests are included for convenience of the reader.

Findings and Conclusions: The industrial arts teacher must have a good set of objectives in mind. Objective tests are used, giving the completion type question first place, followed by multiple-choice and true-false questions. The testing program properly executed fulfills an important place in the total industrial arts program. Performance tests are used by some teachers to develop skill. The reason for giving tests, regardless of the type, is for student and teacher evaluation, motivation, achievement, administrative requirements, and grading purposes. Industrial arts students preparing to be teachers should have a course in measuring educational achievement.