Understanding the Morrisby Report Scotch College
morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby Morrisby Report – Overview • Intention - to support the process of subject, course and career choice by providing an objective statement of a person’s underlying abilities, personality and career interests • It uses measured potential rather than academic attainment • It’s key focus is on What Type rather than How Much ability a person has.
morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby Morrisby Report – Overview • Career guidance is not an exact science – never a 1:1 relationship between a profile and a career • Suggestions are just that – they do not limit options (say either that you will be successful in… or cannot do …..) • Does not provide ‘the answer’ • Does not take into account current academic performance • Used in about 60 schools in Australia.
morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby This evening ………… • Access to this information • Summarise principles of the Morrisby Report • Questions.
morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby Confidentiality of Information • The report is the property of the student/family • College have a report summary for each student; to support on-going guidance • All information is available on-line, password protected. This supports on-going research and provides access to the T ertiary Study Interest questionnaire.
morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby What was involved? • Career interest questionnaire - 30 mins at home/school. Sample questions: I would like to work with animals I would like to research news stories I would like to help people through difficult times I would like to solve problems using science • Over three hours of paper and pencil assessments. 12 exercises: 8 ability, 4 personal style.
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morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby Top half of the Profile – P3 Reasoning Gen. Abilities -Verbal - Numerical - Perceptual Spatial Mechanical
morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby Top half of the Profile • Abilities took 2 hours 50 minutes to assess – long enough to acquire a reliable measure of performance • Scores are normally distributed. (see bottom of p2) • Sharp end of a score reflects error in measurement • Greater the difference between scores – the more reliable the inferences made.
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morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby Ability Test - Reasoning Look at the string of beads. At the end of the string you will see two question marks (??) where the next two beads will go. Choose the first and second missing beads from the numbered beads on the right.
morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby Ability Test - Verbal Look at the six words. Four of them have something in common, but two do not belong with the other four. For each question decide which two words do not belong with the other four. breakfast hammer dinner blue lunch tea A B C D E F branch leaf trunk post spade bark A B C D E F box table case bag packet apple A B C D E F
morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby Ability Test - Perceptual The two figures on the left go together in a certain way. Choose two figures, one from each box, that go together in the same way.
morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby What type of ability…. Top P4 Reasoning: Intellectual Power Understanding Handle complexity Learn quickly The Compound Series T est High levels not required for many jobs Important for work involving complex analyses particularly in science and technology.
morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby What type of ability…. Bottom P4 Reasoning: Intellectual Power Understanding Handle complexity Learn quickly The Compound Series T est General Abilities: Handle information Words, Numbers & Diagrams The General Abilities (V, N & P) Performance underlies academic ability.
morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby Tests working together Similar concept to profiling of sportspeople Look for a High Jumper : - limb length, weight, explosive power all help predict potential. Long Legs Weight Explosive power Long Legs Distance runner Weight Explosive power Long Legs Sumo wrestler Weight Explosive power
morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby Tests working together • More is not always better • Other factors such as motivation, opportunity, interest are clearly very important (often more so) • When choosing athletes you would want access to this information but not to be bound by it.
morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby General Abilities (bottom of P4) Verbal Arts – Commercial, Literary, Academic Numerical Perceptual Verbal Science –T echnological, Science, Design Numerical Perceptual Commercial/Organisational – Quantitative Verbal Numerical (not necessarily maths), concerned with Perceptual organisation, methods, systems Verbal Numerical Services – People, media, medicine, art Perceptual Verbal Balanced – All-rounder – maybe undecided. Numerical Perceptual
morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby English as a Second Language Impact Verbal ‘True’ profile – Arts - Commercial, Numerical Literary, Academic Perceptual Verbal E2L version – Commerial/technical Numerical Perceptual Verbal ‘True’ profile - Services – People, media, Numerical medicine, art Perceptual Verbal E2L Version – Science. Numerical Perceptual
morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby Subject Choice Reasoning Choose chemistry Verbal Numerical Perceptual Reasoning Choose biology Verbal Numerical Perceptual • This is for discussion only to support other information when making subject choice.
morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby What type of ability…. P5 Reasoning: Intellectual Power Understanding Handle complexity Learn quickly The Compound Series T est General Abilities: Handle information Words, Numbers & Diagrams The General Abilities (V, N & P) Practical Abilities: Spatial Mechanical (Detail/Overview) The Practical Abilities
morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby Ability Test - Spatial Look at these three letters or shapes. For each question work out which letter or shape has been turned or ‘flipped’ over so you can see its other side.
morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby Problem Solving – P6 Thinking things out Using information Using experience
morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby Personal Style Measures Top p8 Awareness Flexibility Inner conviction Confidence • Scores do not depend upon on self-perception • Students performed timed tasks and Personal Style was derived from these scores • In the same way that ability results underlie academic performance these measures underlie the social development of a person.
morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby Awareness Clerical checking task. How fast can the mind operate – translates into awareness. Speed – not power. Pick up a problem; deal with it; move onto the next.
morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby Flexibility Perseveration. Inability to switch from current ‘set’ of behaviour. Alternation test. Leaves the hiccough- change ‘Mental Set’.
morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby Inner conviction Inwardly relaxed and self confident. Limiting factor not normally vocabulary but a person’s uncertainty. Word fluency test. Divergent thinking.
morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby Decisiveness Public/outward confidence. Quantity not quality. A measure of Ideational Fluency. Initiative.
morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby The Speed T ests Awareness Flexibility Inner conviction Decisiveness
morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby report • morrisby The Speed T ests Awareness Flexibility Inner conviction Decisiveness
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