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A critical analysis of university examinations in mathematics

Part II: A problem of evaluation

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Part I of this paper introduced a procedure for assessing the questions set in University mathematics examinations to see what skills were needed for their solution. This part of the paper discusses the results obtained when the procedure was applied to a sample of some 1400 questions set during 1976 in ten British Universities. Although there is an unavoidable subjective element, the method is a way of focussing rational argument.

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  1. Faculty of Mathematics Studies, University of Southampton, SO9 5NH, Southampton, England

    H. B. Griffiths & R. R. McLone

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Griffiths, H.B., McLone, R.R. A critical analysis of university examinations in mathematics. Educ Stud Math 15, 423–442 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00311116

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