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Direct linkBurns, Denise; Devitt, Ann; McNamara, Gerry; O'Hara, Joe; Brown, Martin – Irish Educational Studies, 2018
The terminal examination of post-primary education in Ireland, the Leaving Certificate, is often criticised for the reliance on memory recall over higher order thinking skills in the assessment process. In order to examine the evidence base for these critiques, this article presents an empirical investigation of the intellectual skills and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Criticism, Student Attitudes, Exit Examinations
