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Peer reviewedJohansson, Charles B.; And Others – Educational Record, 1971
A study of students who elected to take courses and receive a satisfactory or unsatisfactory (S-U) grade. (IR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grading, Higher Education, Nongraded Instructional Grouping
Morgan, Paul C. – New Campus, 1971
Descriptors: College Programs, Noncredit Courses, Nongraded Instructional Grouping, Nongraded Student Evaluation
Treichler, Martha – Independent School Bulletin, 1973
Teacher discusses the advantages of nongraded evaluation of her English class and the improved responses of her students. (GB)
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, English Instruction, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Kirshenbaum, Howard – Teacher, 1973
Author holds that no educational research has ever shown that grades are helpful to children or to learning. He also lists eight major criticisms of the traditional grading system. (GB)
Descriptors: Classes (Groups of Students), Continuous Progress Plan, Grading, Nongraded Instructional Grouping
Campbell, David N. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1974
Competition, in classrooms as on the athletic fields, could destroy childhood and distort an entire lifetime. In an educational institution there is no need for grading, promotion, ranking, tracking, or labeling. A tremendous burden would be removed if teachers could teach without "evaluation," if people would come to school to learn rather than…
Descriptors: Classes (Groups of Students), Competition, Cooperation, Elementary Schools
Peer reviewedPurdy, Dwight H. – College Composition and Communication, 1975
We may need to make students more rather than less anxious about writing.
Descriptors: Classes (Groups of Students), College Freshmen, English Curriculum, Evaluation Criteria
Download full textRobertson, Paula E. – 1971
A proposal to establish an experimental non-graded course in English is described, along with the results from the students' course evaluation. The following hypotheses and responses are disclosed. It was believed that a non-graded class situation would (1) have a positive effect on the student, (2) improve student-instructor relationships, (3)…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Classes (Groups of Students), English, Experimental Teaching
Collin, Linda M. – Art Teacher, 1973
Questions grading elementary pupils' art work as experiments and teacher experience indicate non-graded pupils fare better. (DS)
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Expression, Art Teachers, Classes (Groups of Students)
Goodlad, John I.; Anderson, Robert H. – 1987
This book discusses the anachronistic nature of the graded school structure and the practices that accompany it and proposes the alternative of a nongraded structure. The incompatibility of the graded system with present insights into child development are the the emphasis of the first chapter. Chapter 2 examines the effectiveness of nonpromotion…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Acceleration (Education), Cross Age Teaching, Curriculum Design
Franklin County Board of Education, Frankfort, KY. – 1991
This publication discusses the nongraded primary education block mandated by the Kentucky General Assembly to take effect during the 1992-93 school year. In particular, the publication considers the framework for the implementation of the nongraded program in a central Kentucky cluster of school districts. An overview of the history of public…
Descriptors: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Improvement, Elementary School Students, Holistic Approach
