Grade inflation [[electronic resource] ] : academic standards in higher education / / edited by Lester H. Hunt

• Pubblicazione: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2008
• 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.
• 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.: 9910782133703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II