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Titolo: | Grade inflation [[electronic resource] ] : academic standards in higher education / / edited by Lester H. Hunt |
Pubblicazione: | Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2008 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (251 p.) |
Disciplina: | 371.27/2 |
Soggetto topico: | Grading and marking (Students) - United States |
Education, Higher - Standards - United States | |
Altri autori: | HuntLester H. <1946-> |
Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
Sommario/riassunto: | An authoritative and provocative discussion of the key issues surrounding grade inflation and its possible effects on academic excellence. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Grade inflation |
ISBN: | 0-7914-7800-9 |
1-4356-6376-4 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910809896403321 |
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