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ERIC Number: EJ209708
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979
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A Note on Grading Policies and Grade Inflation.
Geisinger, Kurt F.
Improving College and University Teaching, v27 n3 p113-15 Sum 1979
Results of a study of the relationship between students' propensities to withdraw from a course and the faculty member's grading in that course show that students do use the option to withdraw from courses when grades tend to be low in order to protect their grade point averages. (JMD)
Descriptors: Academic Records, College Students, Grade Inflation, Grade Point Average, Grading, Higher Education, Pass Fail Grading, Student Behavior, Student Motivation, Student Reaction, Undergraduate Study, Withdrawal (Education)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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