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Peer reviewedWinter, Richard – Studies in Higher Education, 1993
Student evaluation methods (pass-fail vs. traditional grading) for Britain's honors curriculum are discussed. The British educational tradition concerning the honors degree is outlined, and the rationale for grading is examined. It is recommended that pass-fail grading based on specified learning outcomes be adopted for educational and practical…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Change Strategies, Degree Requirements, Educational Change
Peer reviewedCummings, Richard J. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1986
An examination of the different ways in which the honors concept has been adapted from its elitist British university origins and of the assumptions underlying those adaptations reveals both the virtues and the problems inherent in the Americanization of honors. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, College Students, Comparative Education
