The purpose of the investigation was to examine the longitudinal trends in graduate course grades, controlling for selected academic and personal characteristics of students. Stepwise multiple regression was used to analyze 138 separate courses. The study population consisted of 7,002 graduate students who had attempted 25 or more quarter hours as…

Designed to supplement the university catalog and handbook, this 1970 faculty handbook is primarily for the information and guidance of new members of the faculty. The community is described, and university organization and campus governance outlined. Specific details are reported on various topics, including: faculty use of college facilities,…

This conference report focuses on higher education and includes papers on the following topics: (1) the role of institutional research, (2) management information needs and decisionmaking, (3) teacher effectiveness, (4) student-faculty ratios, (5) professorial attitudes toward work environment, (6) grading and attendance in the instructional…

Summarizes the following nine areas of institutional research prepared by Harcum Junior College from the period July to December 1971: (1) Alumnae Comments and Achievements; (2) College Curriculums, Programs and Characteristics; (3) Faculty Comments and Evaluation; (4) Freshmen Applicants; (5) Student Academic Achievement; (6) Student…

This book provides a wide variety of strategies for differentiating instruction for students in grades 3-12. Chapter 1 presents an overview of differentiated content, process, and product, and the role of the teacher in a differentiated classroom. Chapter 2 focuses on the first step of differentiation: gathering information about students. Chapter…

This report provides the resolutions adopted by the Academic Senate for the California Community Colleges. The resolutions are divided into the following categories and topics: (1) academic senate; (2) accreditation; (3) affirmative action/ cultural diversity; (4) articulation and transfer; (5) budget and finance; (6) state and legislative…

This book is a practical guide for assessing the intended learning outcomes of classroom instruction. It is based on the premise that assessment of student achievement plays a vital role in instruction and that the main goal of assessment is to improve learning. The new title of this sixth edition reflects a shift from major concern with classroom…

Two research projects focused on use of casual markers (graders) for correcting and grading distance education (DE) students' work. A Charles Sturt University project convened focus groups of DE students, casual DE markers, and lecturers who "managed" markers to uncover concerns. University of South Australia research focused on pedagogical issues…

This book is designed for students taking a first course in classroom assessment and measurement. It shows how assessment principles apply to the full range of teacher decision making and not just the formal evaluation of student learning. The book is organized in a way that follows the natural progression of teachers' decision making, from…

Discusses and describes the development of academic grievance procedures at the University of Louisville, Kentucky, to provide a formal mechanism within the educational institution to ensure that students' rights are not abridged. Presents procedural stages, the hearing, deliberation phase, rehearing and appeals, and the ombudsman role. (MF)

Presents a syllabus for an introductory political science course. Includes a course outline, description, list of textbooks and readings, requirements, and grading policy. The course is structured in thematic units including the context of politics, acting in politics, the work of government, and alternative arenas of government. (MJP)

An approach has been developed at the US Military Academy (New York) to supplement computer-assisted instruction for weaker students. Four components include computerized grading and feedback on nightly assignments, in-class group exercises that are quickly graded, an adaptive hypermedia interface to the hypermedia course based on individual…

Uses data from black male 8th and 10th graders to explore key issues affecting their achievement and engagement in school. Findings show a need to rethink current secondary-school disciplinary policies, especially suspension, extra-help delivery, and remedial courses because these areas explain important differences in engagement and achievement…

Techniques used by one college teacher to motivate, encourage, and lead students to success in college and beyond include exemplifying education's value, reinforcing effort, offering diversity in assignment types, being persistent with individual students, using student self-assessment, upholding deadlines and standards, being accessible,…

Attempts, most unsuccessful, to reform India's university examination system are chronicled, including curriculum reform, increased frequency of public examinations, introduction of internal assessment, development of item banks, changeover to a grading system, shift to semesters, improved administration, and creation of autonomous colleges. The…