Stephen Wiseman
Biographic Data
| ID | 258985 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen Wiseman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen |
| FAMILY NAME | Wiseman |
| SIGNATURE | WISEMAN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Manchester |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1949 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1971 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Education and environment
The Standing Conference
The Effect of Restriction of Range Upon Correlation Coefficients
S ummary . A recent paper by Swift reports correlations between social class and various educational measures, and shows that restricting the range of the social class measure may increase the correlation above that for the whole range. This is contrary to the general expectation of shrinkage described in the statistics text books. This paper shows that this is far from an isolated case, and lists some other examples. The relevance of this phenom…
An Educational Guidance Programme for the Primary School
The France-Wiseman Educational Guidance Programme consists of three 32-page work-books which contain a variety of tasks for children to complete at their own pace as part of their normal class-work over a period of about two weeks. The three work-books are for use by first, second and third-year juniors, respectively. The separate tests were tried out in a variety of schools throughout the United Kingdom in the Spring of 1964, and were then stand…
Education and Environment
A Follow-up of Teachers Five Years After Completing Their Training
Biographical questionnaires were completed by 248 teachers who had qualified at seven colleges and one university department within one a.t.o. in 1955. The subjects' head teachers provided confidential references which were treated by (a) content analysis, (b) independent rating by four judges. Quantified data from the references and from the questionnaires were inter-correlated and factor analysed. Separate analyses were made for teachers in dif…
Education and Environment
Critical Notice
Guidance in Education
Symposium: Educational Research Today
Sources of Dissatisfaction Among a Group of Teachers
S ummary . 590 teachers, forming about 72 per cent. of the total output of trained teachers in 1955, from eleven constituent colleges and departments of the University of Manchester School of Education, completed in 1960 a questionnaire reporting, inter alia , current levels of satisfaction and major sources of dissatisfaction in the profession. Results showed that the great majority of subjects, including many then out of teaching, had experienc…
Examinations and English Education
Education for the Professions. The 61st Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, Part II
Trends in Educational Psychology
Essay-Reliability: The Effect of Choice of Essay-Title
Symposium: The Use of Essays in Selection at 11
The Use of an Interest Test in 11 Plus Selection
An Interest Test for Use in Selection for Technical Education
Symposium on the Effects of Coaching and Practice in Intelligence Tests: IV.—T he M anchester E xperiment
Higher Degrees in Education in British Universities
Higher degrees in education in British universities
Reporting Research in Education
The Marking of English Composition in Grammar School Selection 1
Sources of Dissatisfaction Among a Group of Teachers
S ummary . 590 teachers, forming about 72 per cent. of the total output of trained teachers in 1955, from eleven constituent colleges and departments of the University of Manchester School of Education, completed in 1960 a questionnaire reporting, inter alia , current levels of satisfaction and major sources of dissatisfaction in the profession. Results showed that the great majority of subjects, including many then out of teaching, had experienc…
A Follow-up of Teachers Five Years After Completing Their Training
Biographical questionnaires were completed by 248 teachers who had qualified at seven colleges and one university department within one a.t.o. in 1955. The subjects' head teachers provided confidential references which were treated by (a) content analysis, (b) independent rating by four judges. Quantified data from the references and from the questionnaires were inter-correlated and factor analysed. Separate analyses were made for teachers in dif…
Trends in Educational Psychology
Symposium on the Effects of Coaching and Practice in Intelligence Tests: IV.—T he M anchester E xperiment
The Standing Conference
The Effect of Restriction of Range Upon Correlation Coefficients
S ummary . A recent paper by Swift reports correlations between social class and various educational measures, and shows that restricting the range of the social class measure may increase the correlation above that for the whole range. This is contrary to the general expectation of shrinkage described in the statistics text books. This paper shows that this is far from an isolated case, and lists some other examples. The relevance of this phenom…
An Educational Guidance Programme for the Primary School
The France-Wiseman Educational Guidance Programme consists of three 32-page work-books which contain a variety of tasks for children to complete at their own pace as part of their normal class-work over a period of about two weeks. The three work-books are for use by first, second and third-year juniors, respectively. The separate tests were tried out in a variety of schools throughout the United Kingdom in the Spring of 1964, and were then stand…
The Marking of English Composition in Grammar School Selection 1
The Marking of English Composition in Grammar School Selection 1
Higher Degrees in Education in British Universities
Higher degrees in education in British universities
Reporting Research in Education
An Interest Test for Use in Selection for Technical Education
Symposium on the Effects of Coaching and Practice in Intelligence Tests: IV.—T he M anchester E xperiment
The Use of an Interest Test in 11 Plus Selection
Symposium: The Use of Essays in Selection at 11
Essay-Reliability: The Effect of Choice of Essay-Title
Trends in Educational Psychology
Symposium: Educational Research Today
Sources of Dissatisfaction Among a Group of Teachers
S ummary . 590 teachers, forming about 72 per cent. of the total output of trained teachers in 1955, from eleven constituent colleges and departments of the University of Manchester School of Education, completed in 1960 a questionnaire reporting, inter alia , current levels of satisfaction and major sources of dissatisfaction in the profession. Results showed that the great majority of subjects, including many then out of teaching, had experienc…
Examinations and English Education
Education for the Professions. The 61st Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, Part II
Critical Notice
Guidance in Education
Education and Environment
A Follow-up of Teachers Five Years After Completing Their Training
Biographical questionnaires were completed by 248 teachers who had qualified at seven colleges and one university department within one a.t.o. in 1955. The subjects' head teachers provided confidential references which were treated by (a) content analysis, (b) independent rating by four judges. Quantified data from the references and from the questionnaires were inter-correlated and factor analysed. Separate analyses were made for teachers in dif…
Education and Environment
An Educational Guidance Programme for the Primary School
The France-Wiseman Educational Guidance Programme consists of three 32-page work-books which contain a variety of tasks for children to complete at their own pace as part of their normal class-work over a period of about two weeks. The three work-books are for use by first, second and third-year juniors, respectively. The separate tests were tried out in a variety of schools throughout the United Kingdom in the Spring of 1964, and were then stand…
The Effect of Restriction of Range Upon Correlation Coefficients
S ummary . A recent paper by Swift reports correlations between social class and various educational measures, and shows that restricting the range of the social class measure may increase the correlation above that for the whole range. This is contrary to the general expectation of shrinkage described in the statistics text books. This paper shows that this is far from an isolated case, and lists some other examples. The relevance of this phenom…
The Standing Conference
Education and environment
Psychology (17 works) · Mathematics education (12 works) · Computer Science (10 works) · Library science (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Citation (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Pedagogy (7 works) · Artificial Intelligence (4 works) · Artificial Intelligence (4 works)