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AN INVESTIGATION INTO MARKING ART EXAMINATIONS
Author(s) -
DUTHIE R. K.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
british journal of educational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.557
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 2044-8279
pISSN - 0007-0998
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1969.tb02086.x
Subject(s) - painting , certificate , psychology , mathematics education , visual arts , art , computer science , algorithm
S ummary . Fifty still‐life paintings of the kind required for the compulsory section of the art examination for the Scottish Certificate of Education (the secondary school leaving examination) were marked by 10 art teachers (expert markers) and by 10 adults not qualified in art. Correlation between the number of times a painting was rated as ‘pass' by experts and by non‐experts was high. However, only three paintings were rated as ‘pass' and 10 as ‘fail’ by all 10 experts. The distinguishing feature between the passes and the fails was the degree of technical skill displayed. In particular, two experimental papers displaying widely differing and individual methods of expression showed a very high standard deviation of categories of assessment. The conclusion is that variability of criteria for factors other than technical skill is the reason why technical skill appears to receive undue emphasis.