Findings: Grade Inflation and Grading Standards: Their Effect on Student Academic Award Selection.

Cook, M. Kathleen

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ERIC Number: EJ315854

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1985

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Findings: Grade Inflation and Grading Standards: Their Effect on Student Academic Award Selection.

Cook, M. Kathleen

Engineering Education, v75 n4 p235-37 Jan 1985

The number of seniors eligible for admission to an interdisciplinary honor society from various academic disciplines varied substantially when three methods of selection were compared using grade point average as the criterion. This is the finding from a study of grade inflation and grading standards on student academic award selection. (JN)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Educational Research, Grade Inflation, Grade Point Average, Grading, Higher Education, Honor Societies, Selection

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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