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UNINA9910782133703321 |
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Titolo |
Grade inflation [[electronic resource] ] : academic standards in higher education / / edited by Lester H. Hunt |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2008 |
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ISBN |
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0-7914-7800-9 |
1-4356-6376-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (251 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Grading and marking (Students) - United States |
Education, Higher - Standards - United States |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The dangerous myth of grade inflation / Alfie Kohn -- Undergraduate grades: a more complex story than "inflation" / Clifford Adelman -- Understanding grade inflation / Richard Kamber -- Grade inflation and grade variation: what's all the fuss about? / Harry Brighouse -- From here to equality: grading policies for egalitarians / Francis K. Schrag -- Grade "inflation" and the professionalism of the professoriate / Mary Biggs -- Fissures in the foundation: why grade conflation could happen / Mary Biggs -- Grading teachers: academic standards and student evaluations / Lester H. Hunt -- Combating grade inflation: obstacles and opportunities / Richard Kamber -- Grade distortion, bureaucracy, and obfuscation at the University of Alabama / David T. Beito and Charles W. Nuckolls -- Afterword: focusing on the big picture / Lester H. Hunt. |
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