Implications for Course Design of Failure and Retrieval Rates in Initial Teacher Education.

Stones, Edgar; Webster, Harry

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Implications for Course Design of Failure and Retrieval Rates in Initial Teacher Education.

Stones, Edgar; Webster, Harry

Educational Research, v26 n3 p172-77 Nov 1984

Reports the findings of an investigation into student teacher failure in final teaching practice in training institutions in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Few students who complete a course of training fail. Reasons for this finding are discussed. A reappraisal of the approach to the final assessment of teaching practice is suggested. (CT)

Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Failure, Formative Evaluation, Pass Fail Grading, Program Design, Student Evaluation, Student Teachers, Student Teaching, Summative Evaluation, Teacher Education

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England); United Kingdom (Northern Ireland); United Kingdom (Wales)

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