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Direct linkEllermeyer, S. F.; Leeds, E. M.; Banker, T. G. – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2011
Poor class attendance is detrimental to student success. This is especially true in entry-level college mathematics courses, where habitual non-attendance can have lasting effects that greatly limit a student's options for continued academic success. The purpose of this study was to design an attendance incentive and to evaluate its impact on…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Grade Inflation, Academic Persistence, Attendance Patterns
Download full textMathies, Charles; Bauer, Karen Webber; Allen, Marsha – Online Submission, 2005
This study examined the change in term grade point average (GPA) from 1974 through 2004 for 368,282 undergraduate student records at a large, research-extensive university in the Southeast. Descriptive analyses showed an increase in term GPA and average SAT scores over the 31-year period. Although average SAT and GPA increased, standard deviations…
Descriptors: Grade Inflation, Grade Point Average, Scores, Achievement Tests
Gramling, Phil; Nelson, Major – 1983
A rationale, goals, and the procedure for instituting a quality point system to assess high school students' academic achievement in Gainesville (Georgia) High School are outlined. Hypothetical examples of converting grade point averages to quality point averages in low, average, and high difficulty courses are provided to show the impact of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Class Rank, Evaluation Methods
