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206 Now let us compare the results of these three age groups of boys and girls in each subject. The figures are shown in the following table T ABLE showing average marks, etc., in each subject for candidates under 16 (-J6), 16 to 17 (10-) and 17 or over (17-), and certain particulars for all candidates under 17 (-- 17)· Sex and Age Irish IEngl'hlGreek \ Latin \Frenchl ~:J·IMaths'lsc. Geog. or DS.* \Draw-\ ing All • --- --- .--- --- .--- --- .--- --- --- --- (Average Marksl Sc. B.-I6 51.5 55·4 '0.'135.' 1 3 ;'; 43·9 B.I6- 52.9 1'~71 43·5 53.2 40 ·9 38.4. 34.8 4[.5 49·9 56.4 43·9 8.17- 48.6 38.2 44. I 34.2 34·4 31.9 35·4 46.2 53.1 38.4 B.-17 52.4 43.2 53.8 40 . 8 37 .4 34 . 7 42.5 49·9 57.1 43·9 144~ I 49·9 58.1 I D.S. G.-I6 51. 2 1 42 t t 42.5 360 '71 I 1 I 32 .91 36 . 8 40.9 G.I6- 56.2 40.0 t t 41.7 36.2 30.5 37.6 153 49·4'41 40.7 G.I7- 55.8 39·5 t t 38.4 36.3 30.340.0 48to 40.4 G.-I7 54·9 40.6 t t 42.0 36.2 31.2 37.3 50.3 40.8 (Percentage of candidates getting 50 marks or over) Sc. B.-I6 55. 1 ]2 5 '9\ 6 4 . 5 ] 3 2 .9] 12. 3 61.9 \ 6.6 [ 34.9]45.5\ 29·6 B.I6- 57·5 30.3 57.2 '32.6 21.8 9·0 28·5 46.3 60·3 30.8 B.I7- 45.7 16·9 37.6 J6·7 II .8 6.0 16.8 37.8 55·5 \ 15.8 D.S. G.-I6 57. 1 \2 5 . 5 t t \ \ 3 0 . 5 [ • 9· 6 [ 12·3 1 5. 2 50.8 16·7 G.I6- 66,4 19·8 t 30.9 12·4 9.2 10 .5 [ 42.6 \ I 19.1 G.I7- 65.5 18.8 t t 22.3 11.6 10 .0 14·4 39·4 16·7 (Percentage of candidates getting less than 30 marks) Sc. B.-I6 13.1 11.8 J 2 I 9.8 4 .8\37. 0 \3 2 18.0 '41 13·3 7.6 1 / I 13.0 B.I6- II .9 8.8 16·5 27·5 27.6 32.8 24.8 13.2 7.8 12·9 B.I7- 14.8 20·4 19·7 I 36.0 30.3 43.6 39·4 20.2 8. I 23.6 D.S. G.-I6 15.2 8·9 t t 1 19.8127.8/45'4 [ I \ I 27.6 7·9 12·5 G.I6- 9·3 14·5 t t 23.0 28.6 47.3 23.2 10·3 15·4 G.I7- 9·5 15.8 t t 26·5 28·9 50.0 15.0 I 9. I / 14·4 (Standard Deviations of Marks"! SC. B.-I6 20·3 11.3 9.8 16,4 18.6 12·3 B.I6- 20·5 11.3 I "'1 22.4 '73[ 18.1 n.6 14.2 10.6 16·9 19·7 18,7 12·5 B.I7- 19·5 11.7 17.6 14.8 12.0 10.2 15.6 19·1 16.6 11.7 B.-I7 20·4 11.3 22·5 17.8 13.5 10·3 16.8 19·3 19.0 J2·5 I I D.S. I I "'I G.-I6 20.8 10 .6 13.0 10. :.j 14·9 9·3 i8·7 9.2 G.I6- 19. I 12.0 t 15.0 11.0 14·3 10.2 18.6 10·3 G.I7- 19·5 11.6 t t 13.1 II .9 13·9 9. I 16.6 10·3 G.-I7 19·7 11.8 t + 14·5 10·9 14·5 110.0 18,7 10.1 ., - (Number of candidates) Sc. B-.-I6 481 498 7 I 6 j 37 1 \' 73/ 4 82 323 j 499 / .197 500 B.I6"-· 831 851 194 644 156 792 85i 508 282 851 B.I·7- 586 592 Il7 425 ,76 .. 555 ,591 I \ 3 02 ; 173 594 I D.S. G.-I6 191 192 t t 177 187 163 58 63 I9:! oYS.'!..:.:40.4 to'':3'8.4 - '. '. . ;'J! ,:IU-: .,,-Perhapsc,L.should remind you of what I mean by the .. average mark" of a group. Each candidate's marks III all hIS subjects were added together and exm-essed-as---a--percentage of the total allotted to all his subjects. The average of these percentages -for any g.wup is what I have been referring to as the average mark. You may possibly object to the use I make of It, as perhaps you would
208 naturally assume that weak candidates who confined themselves to a few subjects might get a higher average than clever candidates who took additional subjects. You will see that th~ next Table does not bear out the assumption. It shows the number of candidates whose subjects totalled (a) under 2000 (b) 2,000, (r) 2, JOO, etc., and gives the general results for these groups. ' , Boys -- --- ------------ - -- --- ._--------• Av. Percentage of Av. Percentage o] No. Mark ---- _._-- ---- No. Mark ---- ---- Scholar- Honours Failures Honours Failures ship~ (*) ----- -- -------- -- Girls Und'r2,000 37 34.2 - 5·4 64·9 205 39·7 10·7 46.3 2,000 12I 37·3 - 9·9 42. I 293 39.0 12·3 39·9 2,100 246 38. I - 10.6 45.1 54 39·3 18·5 40.7 J 2,200 339 45·7 2·7 38.3 23·9 194 44·4 35.6 25.2 2,300 123 41.7 0.8 24·4 30.1 290 40.5 24.8 27.2 2,400 418 4r.8 5·5 29·9 30.6 43 41.7 30.2 32.6 2,500 276 44.2 5.8 38.8 24.6 49 39·1 24·5 30.6 2,600 195 44·9 6.1 47·7 18·5 82 41.0 39.0 21.9 2",700 78 43. r 9.0 33·3 37.2 32 43·4 46.9 6.2 2,800 .77 38.6 1.3 23·4 39.0 Over 2,300 35 43·9 5·7 48.6 48.6 }20 38.0 40.0 30.0 The total permitted for scholarship purposes was 2,200; if a candidate's possible total exceeded this limit, his best subjects were taken until a maximum of 2,200 was reached; if they were still in excess, a proportionate number of his marks was deducted. You will notice from the Table that boys whose subjects totalled less than 2,200 had the lowest average marks, the lowest percentages of honours and also the highest percentages of failures (except the small group of 35 with over 2,800--a group that had the highest percentage of honours); in fact, there is a distinct break between the boys who took less than 2,200 and the remainder. Those who took 2,200 had the highest average mark, but their percentage of honours (38.3%) was much less arid their percentage of failures (23.9%) greater than the corresponding figures (47.7% and I8.5/°~) for boys who took 2,6qO. Those with 2,700 had the highest percentage 0 scholarships (9.0%), One boy who got a schc1arship had a possible total of 3,000 (Irish, English, Greek, Latin, History and Geography, Mathematics. Science and Drawingeight subjects), another had 2,900, a third 2,800, seven had 2,700, 12 had 2,600, 16 had 2,500, 23 had 2,400, one had 2.300 and 9 had 2,200-71 boys in all. Four gtris got scholarships in 1928; one had subjects totalling 2,700, another 2,400, a third 2,300 and the fourth 2,200 Many girls failed in the examination possibly by taking too few subjects (they had to pass in five). No less than 39.5% of the girls took subjects totaUing less than 2,100 as compared with only 8.1% of the boys. The group of girls with the highest average mark had subjects totalling 2,200, The group (a. small one) whose subjects totalled 2,700 had the largest percentage of honours (46.9%) and the smallest percentage of failures (6.2%). The girls as well as the boys who took less than 2,200 had the lowest percentage of honours and the highest percentage of failures . • The percentages from the previous column are included here. ~ will now return to the classification by ages. It seemed to me so important that I have given in the next Table a more detailed classification by age with corresponding general·measures of achievements and in the Tables on pp. 210- 2IJ a detailed age classification with the corresponding marks in each ;ubjut. TABLE showing the numbers, average marks. etc., of groups of candidates classified in detail by Hg~S. .. Percentage of candidates Average who- Boys who Age Number of mark in all ------ got in Candidates subjects passed with Scholarship Years honours" failed --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Nc>. % --- '--- ---- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 14 - 32 7 49.1 45.0 37·5 42.9 6.2 14·3 2 6.2 15 -. 77 24 43·7 42.9 31.2 29.2 22.1 25.0 3 3·9 15.1- 89 37 43·5 42.6 33·7 24·3 27.0 24·3 9 10. I 15t-- 141 45 42.7 37·9 34.1 20.0 24.8 35.6 3 2.1 15f-- 16r 79 44·3 40.9 32.9 25·3 25·5 32 ·9 13 8.1 16 - 216 122 42.9 40.4 35·7 25 ·4 31.0 39·3 9 4.2 16t- 231 128 44. I 39.8 35.1 24.2 31.2 35.1 13 5.6 16A,- 210 160 44·4 41.0 36.7 23.8 24·3 31. 3 12 5·7 161- 194 175 44.2 41.3 34.0 29. I 26.8 26·9 7 3.6 I --- 17 - 142 110 37.6 39·4 14.8 16·4 42.2 35·5 171- II I 85 40.4 40.3 26. I 11.8 36.9 32 ·9 17}- 84 73 39·4 42.3 23.8 26.0 41.7 37.0 17f- 68 65 40.3 4r.6 27·9 20.0 38.2 26.2 18 -- 40 42 38.5 39.0 22·5 23.8 30.0 40.5 18t-· 52 43 36.7 39.2 17·3 14.0 51.9 44.2 18,\-- .p 22 35.0 37·3 7·3 13.6 51.2 45·5 Isi- 15 20 31.0 41.5 --. 40.0 73·3 35.0 19 -- 41 25 37·9 42.2 19·5 12.0 43·9 20.0 --- _0-_-_- --- ---- --- --- ---- --- --- --- --- 14 - 32 7 49.1 45.0 37·5 42.9 6.2 14·3 2 6.2 15 '- 468 185 43·5 40.8 33.1 24·3 25.0 30.8 28 6.0 16 - 851 585 43·9 40.7 35·4 25.8 28·4 32.5 41 4.8 17 _. 405 333 39.2 40.7 22.0 18.0 4·:>·0 33·3 - - 18 .- 148 127 31>. I 39.2 1.-1.2 21.3 48.0 41.7 - - 19 - 41 25 37·9 42.2 I1.5 12.0 43·9 20.0 - - The above Table shows that the average mark in all subjects combined wag higher for boys than for !i:irl" in each of the nine age groups u oder 17, but ~h,':n there was a significant change the average mark for boys being less than that for girls .for eight out of the nine succeeding age groups. While the girls 17 0, over were practically as good as those under 17 the corresponding groups of boys belong to entirely different classes. This presumably is one of fhe reasons for the two peaks in some of the curves for boys on p. 189, In this connection Messrs. Crofts and .Iones state (p. 6): " A curve with two summits is occasionally obtained; this means that the examination has divided the candidates into two more or less distinct batches.". * Including 71 boys and 4 girls who obtained scholarships.
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PRIMARY 100 APPENDIX rr. EDUCATlON.
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