Title: Making sense of college grades : why the grading system does not work and what can be done about it /
Authors: Milton, Ohmer.; Pollio, Howard R.; Eison, James A., 1950-
Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publishers,
Year: 1986
Subjects: Grading and marking (Students); College credits.; Educational Measurement; Universities United States.
Contents: Grades and grading: a tradition of inconstant standards -- Contexts for understanding the meanings of grades -- Current attitudes about grades: the national survey -- What employers and faculty members think about grades -- Students' and parents' attitudes toward grades -- Learning for grades versus learning for its own sake -- What grade- and learning-oriented students think about and do in college classes -- Different students view the same grade differently -- What to do about grading practices.