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- Publisher
- SAGE
- Copyright
- Copyright © by SAGE Publications
- ISSN
- 0038-0385
- eISSN
- 1469-8684
- DOI
- 10.1177/003803857000400303
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Abstract
This paper reports an attempt to explore the relationship between the abilities of some ex-Secondary Modern boys and the degree of selectivity to which each had been subjected in being allocated to a non-selective school. It was found that the correlation with arithmetical ability was positive (0.521) whilst the correlation with verbal ability was negative (-0.382). Two possible reasons behind the discrepancy between the correlations are discussed: the pattern of ability found in the sample studied and differential experience of secondary education according to selectivity conditions. It is tentatively suggested that the findings indicate a wastage of arithmetical ability.
Journal
Sociology – SAGE
Published: Sep 1, 1970