Roger Murphy
Biographic Data
| ID | 3926294 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Roger Murphy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Roger |
| FAMILY NAME | Murphy |
| SIGNATURE | MURPHY R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nottingham |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 41 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Institutional Reforms and Moravian Identity in the Czech Republic
In the first federal and national elections after the collapse of communism in Czechoslovakia, supporters for Moravian autonomy achieved significant levels of representation and obtained nearly a quarter of the vote in Moravia itself. This movement was short-lived. The Czech Republic would not become a federal state and the Moravian movement disintegrated. Scholars have suggested that the Moravian movement was a temporary phenomenon linked to the…
Dying cases in emergency places
Czech Diplomacy
This article examines changes in the structure and operation of the Czech Republic Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) after the collapse of communism through its entry into the European Union. Like all foreign ministries, the MFA must adapt to the changing nature of diplomacy, where the distinction between foreign policy and domestic policy has become increasingly blurred. The MFA must compete in a more crowded foreign policy-making environment. H…
Medical Education in Iran
There is a real need for major changes in the medical education curriculum in Iran. The results of this study suggest that a move towards a curriculum that engages students as active participants in a process of lifelong learning would be highly beneficial. As clinically qualified doctors they will face many challenges in the years ahead, and a modernized curriculum should help them to acquire the necessary knowledge and develop the clinical skil…
Could do better? Media depictions of UK educational assessment results
The publication of A-level examination results in England, Wales and Northern Ireland has become one of the major diary items in the news media's calendar. This paper is based, in part, upon the findings of an inter-disciplinary study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). It explores two key questions about the relationship between the education sector and news media in the UK. Firstly, it asks why educationalists appear to h…
Feelings and Failing in Professional Training
Assessing individuals as failures in education and training is rarely something that is done lightly or without misgivings. Related to this, the challenges of setting clear threshold or passing standards, are considerable. Assessors’ affective responses during fail scenarios in professional training were explored during focused interviews with 30 academic and practice staff. The pattern of feelings reported at each stage of the decision‐making pr…
The Nominal Group Technique
Obtaining and evaluating student opinion about their teaching and learning experiences can, if taken seriously, be a complex process. There are not many approaches available for student evaluations, and there has in our view, been an over dependence on course evaluation questionnaires. The Nominal Group Technique (NGT) is a less widely used approach, which this paper argues provides a potential way of extending the evaluation of students' experie…
Like a Bridge over Troubled Water
The Monetary Role of Gold
After a brief introduction to the role of gold as a monetary agent in history, the classical gold standard and the Bretton Woods agreement and its failure are discussed. Since then the price of gold has fluctuated widely and has only recently steadied. The monetary role of gold at present is then considered. Gold stocks, their supply and demand and various economic factors playing a role in price formation are mentioned in detail. Inflation and c…
Great education reform bill proposals for testing — A critique
Assessing a national curriculum
The current proposals to introduce a National Curriculum in England and Wales are considered in relation to their possible implications for pupil assessment. A dominant theme in the policy announcements so far has been to relate the proposed National Curriculum to a system of ‘attainment targets’ and ‘benchmark tests’ for 7, 11, and 14 year olds. The paper focuses specifically on the concept of benchmark tests and explores some of the difficultie…
The impact of the graded test movement on classroom teaching and learning
Mastery, validity and comparability issues in relation to graded assessment schemes
Sex Differences in Objective Test Performance
S ummary . The choice of techniques used in making educational assessments may have a crucial influence on the relative performance of various groups of individuals. It has, for example, been suggested that males may obtain better results when objective (multiple‐choice) tests are employed rather than other methods of assessment. This particular possibility is explored in relation to a selection of 16 GCE examinations, which were selected for the…
A Further Report of Investigations Into the Reliability of Marking of Gce Examinations
This paper represents an extension of a previous report (Murphy, 1978) of investigations into the reliability of marking of GCE examinations. Results are presented relating to mark-re-mark investigations in 20 different examination subjects carried out over a period of four years. In each case a sample of examination scripts had been re-marked by a senior GCE examiner a short time after the normal GCE marking procedures had been completed. The re…
Symposium
S ummary . The investigation reported in this paper studied the relationship between both GCE O‐level grades and teachers' estimates of A‐level grades, and the actual A‐level grades obtained, in individual subjects, by a sample of applicants for university places. Moderate levels of correlation were reported in both cases, although the teachers' estimates appeared to be slightly better predictors of the A‐level grades. There also appeared, in bot…
Removing the Marks From Examination Scripts Before Re-marking Them
Two senior GCE examiners re-marked photocopies of the same two hundred GCE examination scripts. One hundred of these scripts still had the marks and comments of the original examiners on them, whereas these were removed from the other one hundred. Comparisons were made between the marks awarded by the two examiners to these scripts and the original marks and it was found that removing previous marks and comments made a considerable difference to …
Reliability of Marking in Eight Gce Examinations
S ummary . Eight recent GCE examinations, containing mainly free‐response questions, were investigated in terms of their marking reliability. The scripts of 200 randomly selected candidates from each subject were re‐marked by a senior GCE examiner, and these marks were compared with the marks awarded previously as a result of team marking procedures. These comparisons revealed differences between the reliability of marking of examinations in diff…
Could do better? Media depictions of UK educational assessment results
The publication of A-level examination results in England, Wales and Northern Ireland has become one of the major diary items in the news media's calendar. This paper is based, in part, upon the findings of an inter-disciplinary study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). It explores two key questions about the relationship between the education sector and news media in the UK. Firstly, it asks why educationalists appear to h…
A Further Report of Investigations Into the Reliability of Marking of Gce Examinations
This paper represents an extension of a previous report (Murphy, 1978) of investigations into the reliability of marking of GCE examinations. Results are presented relating to mark-re-mark investigations in 20 different examination subjects carried out over a period of four years. In each case a sample of examination scripts had been re-marked by a senior GCE examiner a short time after the normal GCE marking procedures had been completed. The re…
Reliability of Marking in Eight Gce Examinations
S ummary . Eight recent GCE examinations, containing mainly free‐response questions, were investigated in terms of their marking reliability. The scripts of 200 randomly selected candidates from each subject were re‐marked by a senior GCE examiner, and these marks were compared with the marks awarded previously as a result of team marking procedures. These comparisons revealed differences between the reliability of marking of examinations in diff…
Removing the Marks From Examination Scripts Before Re-marking Them
Two senior GCE examiners re-marked photocopies of the same two hundred GCE examination scripts. One hundred of these scripts still had the marks and comments of the original examiners on them, whereas these were removed from the other one hundred. Comparisons were made between the marks awarded by the two examiners to these scripts and the original marks and it was found that removing previous marks and comments made a considerable difference to …
Like a Bridge over Troubled Water
Sex Differences in Objective Test Performance
S ummary . The choice of techniques used in making educational assessments may have a crucial influence on the relative performance of various groups of individuals. It has, for example, been suggested that males may obtain better results when objective (multiple‐choice) tests are employed rather than other methods of assessment. This particular possibility is explored in relation to a selection of 16 GCE examinations, which were selected for the…
Symposium
S ummary . The investigation reported in this paper studied the relationship between both GCE O‐level grades and teachers' estimates of A‐level grades, and the actual A‐level grades obtained, in individual subjects, by a sample of applicants for university places. Moderate levels of correlation were reported in both cases, although the teachers' estimates appeared to be slightly better predictors of the A‐level grades. There also appeared, in bot…
Dying cases in emergency places
Czech Diplomacy
This article examines changes in the structure and operation of the Czech Republic Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) after the collapse of communism through its entry into the European Union. Like all foreign ministries, the MFA must adapt to the changing nature of diplomacy, where the distinction between foreign policy and domestic policy has become increasingly blurred. The MFA must compete in a more crowded foreign policy-making environment. H…
Great education reform bill proposals for testing — A critique
Assessing a national curriculum
The current proposals to introduce a National Curriculum in England and Wales are considered in relation to their possible implications for pupil assessment. A dominant theme in the policy announcements so far has been to relate the proposed National Curriculum to a system of ‘attainment targets’ and ‘benchmark tests’ for 7, 11, and 14 year olds. The paper focuses specifically on the concept of benchmark tests and explores some of the difficultie…
Reliability of Marking in Eight Gce Examinations
S ummary . Eight recent GCE examinations, containing mainly free‐response questions, were investigated in terms of their marking reliability. The scripts of 200 randomly selected candidates from each subject were re‐marked by a senior GCE examiner, and these marks were compared with the marks awarded previously as a result of team marking procedures. These comparisons revealed differences between the reliability of marking of examinations in diff…
Removing the Marks From Examination Scripts Before Re-marking Them
Two senior GCE examiners re-marked photocopies of the same two hundred GCE examination scripts. One hundred of these scripts still had the marks and comments of the original examiners on them, whereas these were removed from the other one hundred. Comparisons were made between the marks awarded by the two examiners to these scripts and the original marks and it was found that removing previous marks and comments made a considerable difference to …
Symposium
S ummary . The investigation reported in this paper studied the relationship between both GCE O‐level grades and teachers' estimates of A‐level grades, and the actual A‐level grades obtained, in individual subjects, by a sample of applicants for university places. Moderate levels of correlation were reported in both cases, although the teachers' estimates appeared to be slightly better predictors of the A‐level grades. There also appeared, in bot…
Sex Differences in Objective Test Performance
S ummary . The choice of techniques used in making educational assessments may have a crucial influence on the relative performance of various groups of individuals. It has, for example, been suggested that males may obtain better results when objective (multiple‐choice) tests are employed rather than other methods of assessment. This particular possibility is explored in relation to a selection of 16 GCE examinations, which were selected for the…
A Further Report of Investigations Into the Reliability of Marking of Gce Examinations
This paper represents an extension of a previous report (Murphy, 1978) of investigations into the reliability of marking of GCE examinations. Results are presented relating to mark-re-mark investigations in 20 different examination subjects carried out over a period of four years. In each case a sample of examination scripts had been re-marked by a senior GCE examiner a short time after the normal GCE marking procedures had been completed. The re…
The impact of the graded test movement on classroom teaching and learning
Mastery, validity and comparability issues in relation to graded assessment schemes
Assessing a national curriculum
The current proposals to introduce a National Curriculum in England and Wales are considered in relation to their possible implications for pupil assessment. A dominant theme in the policy announcements so far has been to relate the proposed National Curriculum to a system of ‘attainment targets’ and ‘benchmark tests’ for 7, 11, and 14 year olds. The paper focuses specifically on the concept of benchmark tests and explores some of the difficultie…
Great education reform bill proposals for testing — A critique
The Monetary Role of Gold
After a brief introduction to the role of gold as a monetary agent in history, the classical gold standard and the Bretton Woods agreement and its failure are discussed. Since then the price of gold has fluctuated widely and has only recently steadied. The monetary role of gold at present is then considered. Gold stocks, their supply and demand and various economic factors playing a role in price formation are mentioned in detail. Inflation and c…
The Nominal Group Technique
Obtaining and evaluating student opinion about their teaching and learning experiences can, if taken seriously, be a complex process. There are not many approaches available for student evaluations, and there has in our view, been an over dependence on course evaluation questionnaires. The Nominal Group Technique (NGT) is a less widely used approach, which this paper argues provides a potential way of extending the evaluation of students' experie…
Like a Bridge over Troubled Water
Feelings and Failing in Professional Training
Assessing individuals as failures in education and training is rarely something that is done lightly or without misgivings. Related to this, the challenges of setting clear threshold or passing standards, are considerable. Assessors’ affective responses during fail scenarios in professional training were explored during focused interviews with 30 academic and practice staff. The pattern of feelings reported at each stage of the decision‐making pr…
Could do better? Media depictions of UK educational assessment results
The publication of A-level examination results in England, Wales and Northern Ireland has become one of the major diary items in the news media's calendar. This paper is based, in part, upon the findings of an inter-disciplinary study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). It explores two key questions about the relationship between the education sector and news media in the UK. Firstly, it asks why educationalists appear to h…
Medical Education in Iran
There is a real need for major changes in the medical education curriculum in Iran. The results of this study suggest that a move towards a curriculum that engages students as active participants in a process of lifelong learning would be highly beneficial. As clinically qualified doctors they will face many challenges in the years ahead, and a modernized curriculum should help them to acquire the necessary knowledge and develop the clinical skil…
Czech Diplomacy
This article examines changes in the structure and operation of the Czech Republic Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) after the collapse of communism through its entry into the European Union. Like all foreign ministries, the MFA must adapt to the changing nature of diplomacy, where the distinction between foreign policy and domestic policy has become increasingly blurred. The MFA must compete in a more crowded foreign policy-making environment. H…
Dying cases in emergency places
Institutional Reforms and Moravian Identity in the Czech Republic
In the first federal and national elections after the collapse of communism in Czechoslovakia, supporters for Moravian autonomy achieved significant levels of representation and obtained nearly a quarter of the vote in Moravia itself. This movement was short-lived. The Czech Republic would not become a federal state and the Moravian movement disintegrated. Scholars have suggested that the Moravian movement was a temporary phenomenon linked to the…
Psychology (11 works) · Computer Science (8 works) · Pedagogy (7 works) · Student Assessment and Feedback (7 works) · Mathematics education (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Economics (3 works)