Individually Prescribed Instruction and the Letter Grade System.

Leuba, Richard J.

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Individually Prescribed Instruction and the Letter Grade System

Leuba, Richard J.

Engineering Education, 65, 5, 391-395, Feb 75

Equates academic grading and ranking in that the grading system establishes achievement standards. Explores the incompatibility of Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI) and the letter grade system. Outlines the pressures applied to rank IPI students, explores time grading, considers IPI and motivation, and explains the important contribution IPI can make to credentials. (GS)

Descriptors: Credentials, Evaluation, Grades (Scholastic), Higher Education, Individualized Instruction, Programed Instruction, Science Education, Student Evaluation

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