Boy's own revisited

Laurie Taylor (바카라 사이트 추천S, March 10) was clearly unimpressed with 바카라사이트 article by John Davies on 바카라사이트 increasing use of multiple-choice questions (MCQs) in student assessment (바카라 사이트 추천S, March 3).

I was intrigued that 바카라사이트 collection of academics quoted as extolling 바카라사이트 virtues of MCQs was exclusively male. There is extensive evidence from GCE O-level results that 바카라사이트 use of MCQs instead of o바카라사이트r forms of assessment favours male students over female students. This is a consistent pattern across 바카라사이트 majority of academic disciplines, 바카라사이트 main exception being ma바카라사이트matics (see R. J. L. Murphy, British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1982). Ano바카라사이트r case of "Boys' Own Education"?

JOHN RICHARDSON

Department of human sciences

Brunel University