The role of certain personality factors in oral examination
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Authors
Ratz, Wolfgang Edelbert
Issue Date
1994-05
Type
Dissertation
Language
en
Keywords
Personality factors , Oral examinations , Adolescent developmental characteristics , Personality and oral communication , Measurement of personality , Temperament , Underachievement , Anxiety , Self-concept , Verbal intelligence , Senior secondary school pupils
Alternative Title
Abstract
The interdependent relationship which exists between personality
characteristics of adolescents and their achievements in oral
examinations have been investigated.
The following related aspects were studied in the literature:
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The role of oral evaluation in English.
Personality characteristics which are meaningful to
achievement in oral work.
Ways to measure personality with special reference to
the High School Personality Questionnaire.
An empirical study inter alia revealed the following:
{i) Low oral achievers are emotionally less stable than high
achievers.
(ii) Verbal intelligence, emotional instability, anxiety experience
and introvertedness play an influential role in achievement in
oral work.
(iii) Girls tend to achieve better in oral work in the secondary
school than boys.
The educational implications of the investigation relate to the
adequate becoming-adult of the adolescent. The role of the educand's
personality in oral examinations and the need of teachers to
possess more information about this matter during evaluation, have
been revealed in this study.
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Citation
Ratz, Wolfgang Edelbert (1994) The role of certain personality factors in oral examination, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17593>