Donald Spearritt
Emeritus Professor

Research Interest

Relationships among the four communication skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking

Positions

• Fellow, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
• Former positions outside university:
  • Member, Australian Education Research and Development Committee
  • Vice-President, Australian Council for Educational Research
  • Member, NSW Board of Senior School Studies
  • Member, NSW Secondary Schools Board

PhD

A Factorial Analysis of Listening Comprehension (Harvard University, 1961)

Publications

1962 Spearritt D. Listening comprehension – A factorial analysis. ACER, Melbourne

1977 Spearritt D, assisted by D Spalding and M Johnston. Measuring reading comprehension in the upper primary school. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra

1996 Spearritt D. Carroll’s model of cognitive abilities: Educational implications, International Journal of Educational Research, 25, 107-198

Contact Information

University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia
Phone (Home) 612 9969 3315
Email: dspearit@bigpond.net.au