In Opposition to Conventional Grades [microform] / Margaret S. Faust
- Bib ID:
- 5221752
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Faust, Margaret S
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED051753
Broken link? let us search Trove , the Wayback Machine , or Google for you.
- Description:
-
- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1971
- 8 p.
- Summary:
-
Grades and other record evaluations should serve at least three functions: (1) they should communicate to the student how well and in what ways expected academic competencies and skills are being developed; (2) they are to be used within the college for advisory purposes, for granting admission to certain courses and programs, and for decisions on enrollment and degree requirements; and (3) they are used by graduate and professional schools for admission purposes, state scholarship agencies, and potential employers. Because conventional grades do not serve these functions adequately, they rarely reflect the student's true potential or the student's real academic strength and weaknesses. Studies have also shown that there is no evidence that conventional grades are better predictors of future academic success than are nonconventional grades. The experience with nonconventional grading at Scripps College indicates that instructors' comments serve the educational purposes of the College better than the former conventional grading system. (AF)
- Notes:
-
- ERIC Note: Paper based on a presentation to a meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, N.Y., February, 1971.
- Educational level discussed: Higher Education.
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
-
In Copyright
You may copy under some circumstances, for example you may copy a portion for research or study. Order a copy through Copies Direct to the extent allowed under fair dealing. Contact us for further information about copying.
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1971
Copyright status may not be correct if data in the record is incomplete or inaccurate. Other access conditions may also apply. For more information please see: Copyright in library collections.
Request this item
Request this item to view in the Library’s reading room.
Feedback
Similar items
- Classing farmers' wool clips / E.A. Elliott
- Milk and cream testing : assignments 1-6 / [developed by] South Australian College of External Studies
- Classing the clip : a handbook on wool-classing / by Clarence Edward Cowley
- The official Canadian grain grading guide / by M. J. Conacher
- A Guide to woolclassers and woolgrowers, 1985-1987, on the A.W.C. woolclasser registration scheme and the inspection service