An Investigation on Methods of Entrance Examination (1) : Basic Study as to Mainly with University Records

埼玉県越谷市The remarkable results were as follows. On the average : The marks of the students admitted on recommendation rose year by year, but those admitted on examination did not always rise. In 1981, the former was better than the latter for variables (general educations, foreign languages, physical educations and majyors etc.). Factor Analysis : Pearson product moment correlations of each variable with other variables were obtained, yielding 8×8 matrix in 4 groups admitted on recommendation and examination. Then the factor analysis method (The principle axis method) was applied to this matrix. Two to four factors were extracted and rotated with varimax method. In some groups admitted on examination, four extracted factors were independent of each other, and labeled as "university", "high school", "English in entrance examination" and "Japanese in entrance examination". On the other hand, 4 groups on recommendation had not shimple factor structures. On the consciousness acquiring teachers' licence. This consciousness is correlative with the student's results during high school, their entrance examination, the corse and the studies. University records and extracurricular activities in highschool : Five comparisons were made about university records between two groups distinguished by criteria concerned with extracurricular activities in highschool. Significant differences were found in some comparisons. Especially, compaired those who had been staffs in their classes in highschool age with those who had been, the former made significantly better marks than the latter in the subjects of general educations, foreign languages and majors