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ERIC Number: EJ384694
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Strict and Lenient Grading Scales: How Do They Affect the Performance of College Students with High and Low SAT Scores?
Johnson, Basil G.; Beck, Hall P.
Teaching of Psychology, v15 n3 p127-31 Oct 1988
Determines the effects of strict and lenient grading practices on the test performance of students with low, moderate and high SAT scores. Concludes that variations in grading scales affects how much students learn. Suggests that the effects of teacher and course evaluations by students be mediated by considering students' performance. (KO)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Instruction, Course Evaluation, Educational Psychology, Grading, Higher Education, Psychology, Student Evaluation, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Undergraduate Students
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Psychology Instruction; Scholastic Aptitude Test