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Al-Eisa, Abdulkarim S.; Alhemoud, Abdulla M. – College Teaching Methods & Styles Journal, 2008
The Arab Open University (AOU) has adopted the standard deviation method (SDM) as a grading system in replacement of a fixed scale. Adopting SDM was intended to remedy a problem that has resulted from discrepancies between AOU's graduation requirements and those of its partner, UK Open University. This paper aims mainly at investigating whether…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Open Universities, Arabs, Statistical Distributions