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Grade Inflation

Author : Valen E. Johnson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387215921
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (872 download)

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Download or read book Grade Inflation written by Valen E. Johnson and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-05-09 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grade inflation runs rampant at most colleges and universities, but faculty and administrators are seemingly unwilling to face the problem. This book explains why, exposing many of the misconceptions surrounding college grading. Based on historical research and the results of a yearlong, on-line course evaluation experiment conducted at Duke University during the 1998-1999 academic year, the effects of student grading on various educational processes, and their subsequent impact on student and faculty behavior, is examined. Principal conclusions of this investigation are that instructors' grading practices have a significant influence on end-of-course teaching evaluations, and that student expectations of grading practices play an important role in the courses that students decide to take. The latter effect has a serious impact on course enrollments in the natural sciences and mathematics, while the combination of both mean that faculty have an incentive to award high grades, and students have an incentive to choose courses with faculty who do. Grade inflation is the natural consequence of this incentive system. Material contained in this book is essential reading for anyone involved in efforts to reform our postsecondary educational system, or for those who simply wish to survive and prosper in it. Valen Johnson is a Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Michigan. Prior to accepting an appointment in Ann Arbor, he was a Professor of Statistics and Decision Sciences at Duke University, where data for this book was collected. He is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.

Grade Inflation

Author : Lester H. Hunt
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791474983
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (749 download)

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Download or read book Grade Inflation written by Lester H. Hunt and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative and provocative discussion of the key issues surrounding grade inflation and its possible effects on academic excellence.

De-Grading Education

Author : Elizabeth Wissner-Gross
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781947519787
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book De-Grading Education written by Elizabeth Wissner-Gross and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-26 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America's 200-year-old high school grading process is outdated, haphazard, and subjective and has been subverting American education, and yet grades control students' access to the widest variety of educational and career opportunities . This book provides a guide for parents wanting to make sure that their high school students aren't denied opportunities as a result of archaic practices.

Ungrading

Author : Susan Debra Blum
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781949199819
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Ungrading written by Susan Debra Blum and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The moment is right for critical reflection on what has been assumed to be a core part of schooling. In Ungrading, fifteen educators write about their diverse experiences going gradeless. Some contributors are new to the practice and some have been engaging in it for decades. Some are in humanities and social sciences, some in STEM fields. Some are in higher education, but some are the K-12 pioneers who led the way. Based on rigorous and replicated research, this is the first book to show why and how faculty who wish to focus on learning, rather than sorting or judging, might proceed. It includes honest reflection on what makes ungrading challenging, and testimonials about what makes it transformative. CONTRIBUTORS: Aaron Blackwelder Susan D. Blum Arthur Chiaravalli Gary Chu Cathy N. Davidson Laura Gibbs Christina Katopodis Joy Kirr Alfie Kohn Christopher Riesbeck Starr Sackstein Marcus Schultz-Bergin Clarissa Sorensen-Unruh Jesse Stommel John Warner

Measuring Success

Author : Jack Buckley
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421424967
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Measuring Success written by Jack Buckley and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Once touted as the single best way to measure students from diverse backgrounds, schools, and experiences, standardized college admissions tests are now criticized for being hopelessly biased in favor of traditionally privileged groups. Out of this has emerged the test-optional movement that seeks to allow students to apply to schools without sitting through the rigors of the SAT. This book takes a step back and applies rigorous empirical measurements to these rival claims. Drawing upon the expertise of higher education researchers, admissions officers, enrollment managers, and policy professionals, this edited volume is among the first to investigate the research and policy implications of test-optional practices. It was conceived in response to the editors' frustration with the fragmented and incomplete state of the literature around the contemporary debate on college admissions testing. Many students, teachers, parents, policymakers--frankly, nearly anyone immediately outside the testing industry and college admissions--have little understanding of how admissions tests are used. This lack of transparency has often fueled beliefs that college assessments are biased, misused, or overused. Decades of research on various aspects of testing, such as the predictive validity of assessments, makes a compelling case for their value. But all-too-frequently researchers and admissions officers talk past one another instead of engaging substantively. This collection intends to remedy the situation by bringing these disparate voices together. This book is designed for provosts, enrollment managers, and college admissions officers seeking to strike the proper balance between uniformity and fairness"--

Grade Inflation

Author : Lester H. Hunt
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791478009
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (914 download)

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Download or read book Grade Inflation written by Lester H. Hunt and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2008-07-22 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative and provocative discussion of the key issues surrounding grade inflation and its possible effects on academic excellence.

Grading for Equity

Author : Joe Feldman
Publisher : Corwin Press
ISBN 13 : 1506391591
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Grading for Equity written by Joe Feldman and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Joe Feldman shows us how we can use grading to help students become the leaders of their own learning and lift the veil on how to succeed. . . . This must-have book will help teachers learn to implement improved, equity-focused grading for impact." —Zaretta Hammond, Author of Culturally Responsive Teaching & The Brain Crack open the grading conversation Here at last—and none too soon—is a resource that delivers the research base, tools, and courage to tackle one of the most challenging and emotionally charged conversations in today’s schools: our inconsistent grading practices and the ways they can inadvertently perpetuate the achievement and opportunity gaps among our students. With Grading for Equity, Joe Feldman cuts to the core of the conversation, revealing how grading practices that are accurate, bias-resistant, and motivational will improve learning, minimize grade inflation, reduce failure rates, and become a lever for creating stronger teacher-student relationships and more caring classrooms. Essential reading for schoolwide and individual book study or for student advocates, Grading for Equity provides A critical historical backdrop, describing how our inherited system of grading was originally set up as a sorting mechanism to provide or deny opportunity, control students, and endorse a "fixed mindset" about students’ academic potential—practices that are still in place a century later A summary of the research on motivation and equitable teaching and learning, establishing a rock-solid foundation and a "true north" orientation toward equitable grading practices Specific grading practices that are more equitable, along with teacher examples, strategies to solve common hiccups and concerns, and evidence of effectiveness Reflection tools for facilitating individual or group engagement and understanding As Joe writes, "Grading practices are a mirror not just for students, but for us as their teachers." Each one of us should start by asking, "What do my grading practices say about who I am and what I believe?" Then, let’s make the choice to do things differently . . . with Grading for Equity as a dog-eared reference.

I'm the Teacher, You're the Student

Author : Patrick Allitt
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812200403
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book I'm the Teacher, You're the Student written by Patrick Allitt and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2010-08-03 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is it really like to be a college professor in an American classroom today? An award-winning teacher with over twenty years of experience answers this question by offering an enlightening and entertaining behind-the-scenes view of a typical semester in his American history course. The unique result—part diary, part sustained reflection—recreates both the unstudied realities and intensely satisfying challenges that teachers encounter in university lecture halls. From the initial selection of reading materials through the assignment of final grades to each student, Patrick Allitt reports with keen insight and humor on the rewards and frustrations of teaching students who often are unable to draw a distinction between the words "novel" and "book." Readers get to know members of the class, many of whom thrive while others struggle with assignments, plead for better grades, and weep over failures. Although Allitt finds much to admire in today's students, he laments their frequent lack of preparedness—students who arrive in his classroom without basic writing skills, unpracticed with reading assignments. With sharp wit, a critical eye, and steady sympathy for both educators and students, I'm the Teacher, You're the Student examines issues both large and small, from the ethics of student-teacher relationships to how best to evaluate class participation and grade writing assignments. It offers invaluable guidance to those concerned with the state of higher education today, to young faculty facing the classroom for the first time, and to parents whose children are heading off to college.

Ivory Tower Blues

Author : James E. Côté*1953-
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 0802091822
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Ivory Tower Blues written by James E. Côté*1953- and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present state of the university is a difficult issue to comprehend for anyone outside of the education system. If we are to believe common government reports that changes in policy are somehow making life easier for university graduates, we cannot help but believe that things are going right and are getting better in our universities. Ivory Tower Blues gives a decidedly different picture, examining this optimistic attitude as it impacts upon professors, students, and administrators in charge of the education system. Ivory Tower Blues is a frank account of the contemporary university, drawing on the authors' own research and personal experiences, as well as on input from students, colleagues, and administrators. James E. Côté and Anton L. Allahar offer an insider's account of the university system, an accurate, alternative view to that overwhelmingly presented to the general public. Throughout, the authors argue that fewer and fewer students are experiencing their university education in ways expected by their parents and the public. The majority of students are hampered by insufficient preparation at the secondary school level, lack of personal motivation, and disillusionment. Contrary to popular opinion, there is no administrative or governmental procedure in place to maintain standards of education. Ivory Tower Blues is an in-depth look at the crisis facing Canadian and American universities, the factors that are precipitating the situation, and the long-term impact this crisis will have on the quality of higher education.

Evaluation and the Academy : are We Doing the Right Thing?

Author : Henry Rosovsky
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Evaluation and the Academy : are We Doing the Right Thing? written by Henry Rosovsky and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Beer and Circus

Author : Murray Sperber
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
ISBN 13 : 142993669X
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Beer and Circus written by Murray Sperber and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A no-holds-barred examination of the troubled relationship between college sports and higher education from a leading authority on the subject Murray Sperber turns common perceptions about big-time college athletics inside out. He shows, for instance, that contrary to popular belief the money coming in to universities from sports programs never makes it to academic departments and rarely even covers the expense of maintaining athletic programs. The bigger and more prominent the sports program, the more money it siphons away from academics. Sperber chronicles the growth of the university system, the development of undergraduate subcultures, and the rising importance of sports. He reveals television's ever more blatant corporate sponsorship conflicts and describes a peculiar phenomenon he calls the "Flutie Factor"--the surge in enrollments that always follows a school's appearance on national television, a response that has little to do with academic concerns. Sperber's profound re-evaluation of college sports comes straight out of today's headlines and opens our eyes to a generation of students caught in a web of greed and corruption, deprived of the education they deserve. Sperber presents a devastating critique, not only of higher education but of national culture and values. Beer & Circus is a must-read for all students and parents, educators and policy makers.

Occupational Outlook Handbook

Author : United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 740 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Occupational Outlook Handbook written by United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Writing Recommendation Letters

Author : Joe Schall
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Writing Recommendation Letters written by Joe Schall and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Making the Grade

Author : Howard S. Becker
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351507648
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book Making the Grade written by Howard S. Becker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on three years of detailed anthropological observation, this account of undergraduate culture portrays students' academic relations to faculty and administration as one of subjection. With rare intervals in crisis moments, student life has always been dominated by grades and grade point averages. The authors of Making the Grade maintain that, though it has taken different forms from tune to time, the emphasis on grades has persisted in academic life. From this premise they argue that the social organization giving rise to this emphasis has remained remarkably stable throughout the century. Becker, Geer, and Hughes discuss various aspects of college life and examine the degree of autonomy students have over each facet of their lives. Students negotiate with authorities the conditions of campus political and organizational life--the student government, independent student organizations, and the student newspaper--and preserve substantial areas of autonomous action for themselves. Those same authorities leave them to run such aspects of their private lives as friendships and dating as they wish. But, when it comes to academic matters, students are subject to the decisions of college faculties and administrators. Becker deals with this continuing lack of autonomy in student life in his new introduction. He also examines new phenomena, such as the impact of -grade inflation- and how the world of real adult work has increasingly made professional and technical expertise, in addition to high grades, the necessary condition for success. Making the Grade continues to be an unparalleled contribution to the studies of academics, students, and college life. It will be of interest to university administrators, professors, students, and sociologists.

The Theory and Practice of Grading Writing

Author : Frances Zak
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791436691
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (366 download)

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Download or read book The Theory and Practice of Grading Writing written by Frances Zak and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores grading strategies for English composition teachers that are consistent with modern discourse and pedagogical theories.

Excellence Without a Soul

Author : Harry Lewis
Publisher : Public Affairs
ISBN 13 : 1586485016
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Excellence Without a Soul written by Harry Lewis and published by Public Affairs. This book was released on 2007-08-14 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Harvard professor and former Dean of Harvard College offers his provocative analysis of how America's great universities are failing students and the nation

The Mathematician's Shiva

Author : Stuart Rojstaczer
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0143126318
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book The Mathematician's Shiva written by Stuart Rojstaczer and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING DEBUT FICTION For readers of This Is Where I Leave You and Everything Is Illuminated, “a brilliant and compelling family saga full of warmth, pathos, history and humor” (Jonathan Evison, author of West of Here) When the greatest female mathematician in history passes away, her son, Alexander “Sasha” Karnokovitch, just wants to mourn his mother in peace. But rumor has it the notoriously eccentric Polish émigré has solved one of the most difficult problems in all of mathematics, and has spitefully taken the solution to her grave. As a ragtag group of mathematicians from around the world descends upon Rachela’s shiva, determined to find the proof or solve it for themselves—even if it means prying up the floorboards for notes or desperately scrutinizing the mutterings of her African Grey parrot—Sasha must come to terms with his mother’s outsized influence on his life. Spanning decades and continents, from a crowded living room in Madison, Wisconsin, to the windswept beach on the Barents Sea where a young Rachela had her first mathematical breakthrough, The Mathematician’s Shiva is an unexpectedly moving and uproariously funny novel that captures humanity’s drive not just to survive, but to achieve the impossible.