# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S515
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514 Report of Board for Higher Education

G. Summary of Test Results by Subjects

oo 1. English ,
The criteria applied to check effectiveness of training in Engl
indicate that it is generally excellent. Over one half of the insti
tions score considerably above average,
the performance in Engli
siderably ‘above average in the li

’ student body, as shown by the psychological test.

Apparently somewhat too much stress is placed on the mechani¢
of English (punctuation, grammar, capitalization) and not eno
stress on increasing the competence
Instruction in the effective. use of Eng :
paring for pulpit speaking. The results in this area are on the who ;
quite satisfactory. The Sstudent’s knowledge of Literature, also, ;
considerably above the average in most of our institutions. ‘

2. General Culture Test
This was the most significant test of the co-o

results are most gratifying for half of the colleg
above average. '

perative group. Th
es. Five scored muc

schools before 194

By 1943 greater stress was placed on it, and the test Scores are gen

erally much higher,

Exceptional mathematical abili
in education or theology,
of Synod’s schools shoul
factory state of affairs.
institutions,

The best performance
field receiving much full
the case in most liberal

is in: Literature and Fine Arts, the: lattes
er treatment in our Humanities course. than
arts colleges. This is as it should be, .

3. Contemporary Affairs

this section provide information concerning
knowledge in the current American scene, °.
great deal of this information is absorbed oi

The six sub-tests of
student’s interest and
will be obvious that a
side the classroom.

Essentially: the extent of the student’s extra-class reading—ficti
and non-fiction, news as Presented in daily, weekly, or monthly pu
cations, his choice of radio Programs, the things he finds interestir
and discusses with fellow students in his room or in club meetings.
these provide the material of this test.

The 1942 tests revealed great weakness in this matter. Only ‘oni

Perhaps two institutions could ‘be said to have stimulated studeit,

interest in the contemporary scene, The location of the schools
not a really decisive: factor. One of the above-mentioned: school
in a small city—the other in a metropolitan suburb.