The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-10-15
LOCAL TEACHERS 1Nsr1rnrr
Interesting Discussion on Awarding Pupils
Credit ON ENnminatinns


Credit on Examinations
The examinations in the public schools
opened this morning and the teachers met in
the High school last evening to receive in
structions from superintendent Bopart bear
ing upon them, as well as to discuss the sys-
TEN of grading examination papers.
Mr. Lewis opened the discussion and spoke
for twenty minutes on the grading of ex-
animation papers in mathematics. He started
out by presenting a double proposition :
What is an examination and what is the OBJ
jcct Of the examination In all branches
there should be two things in view-does the
pupil work as a student and does the teacher
work as a teacher2 Has the pupil, as a
student, done his part of the work and has
the teacher done his part of the work ?
This must be brought out and are the two
main objects Of tho examination The
teachers are to present the problems and let
the pupils wrestle with them themselves,
without any questions or suggestions from
the teacher. Then it is the teachels turn to
mark the papers and he should keep in mind
that in so doing there must be fairness and
iustness, in iustness to the pupil, himself
and the other pupils in the class. He must
avoid being more just with a bright pupil
than with a slow one. The pupils, and Aot
the papers, should be marked and there
should be no discrimination An ideal
method is to have the pupils write their
names on the back Of the sheet of paper and
have the examination on the front side and
not look ut the back Of the paper until after
the paper has been passed upon. The teacher
should he an impartial judge. In mathe-
matics the teacher must take into considcul-
tiOn the age Of the pupil and the grade in
which it is working and in giving examin-
alton should have in view two things ma
chanical skilland the pupil powers Of reason.
ing. Mr. Lewis said he would not give
pupil who works out the correct answer by
the wrong method rs much credit as the one
who gives the right answer by the right
method. The object is not so much to get the
right answer as to test the childs reasoning
powers, His method is to go over the papers
aud first mark the correct answer; then look
at the wrong ones and mark them and then
90 over the papers the third time and review
his own judgment in order that justice may
be done.
Mr.. Britt was the second and more brief
He said the subject wa, thoroughly discussed
last year aud-th teachers were made familiar
with the various phases of it, They adopted
the present system by unanimous vote aud
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