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Liesbeth K. J. Baartman; Kathleen M. Quinlan – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2024
We argue that assessment and feedback practices in higher education need to be transformed to better address three purposes: "promoting" learning, "assuring" assessment rigour, and "communicating" students' employability. To address shortcomings in the current assessment and feedback culture, we propose programmatic…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Student Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Learning
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Konstantinidis-Pereira, Alicja; Scott, Ian – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2021
The use of grade point average (GPA) as a means to summarise learning is a novel practice in the UK. The aim of this study was to determine if the inclusion of assessment results from student's first-year of study in the calculation of GPA is deleterious to students from a widening participation (WP) background. Assessment marks of full-time…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, College Freshmen, Student Evaluation, Foreign Countries
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Andrews, Matthew – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2016
This paper examines the introduction at Oxford Brookes University of a Grade Point Average (GPA) scheme alongside the traditional honours degree classification. It considers the reasons for the introduction of GPA, the way in which the scheme was implemented, and offers an insight into the impact of GPA at Brookes. Finally, the paper considers…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Classification, Honors Curriculum, Program Implementation