To determine the effects of grades on academic performance, 31 graduate students participated in a course which, to avoid the undesirable effects of competition and ambiguity, was designed with specified course objectives and criteria for grades. The students were assigned 4 prescribed experiments that they performed in pairs. They each wrote…

VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE MARKING PRACTICES OF 39 SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS FROM TWO SCHOOLS IN METROPOLITAN NASHVILLE-DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, WERE STUDIED. SPECIAL MARKING EXERCISES CONTAINING STANDARD DATA ON HYPOTHETICAL STUDENTS WERE USED TO STUDY THE MARKING PRACTICES OF TEACHERS UNDER MORE UNIFORM CONDITIONS THAN EXIST IN THE CLASSROOM. A…

This report discusses two teachers' conferences jointly financed by the Michigan Speech Association and the Michigan Education Association. The teachers discussed how speech and dramatic performances translate into terminal behaviors, how group tasks can be adapted to individual accountability, how to communicate achievement to students, and how…

Discussed are four reasons for testing in accounting, the grading of achievement and attitudes, the use of three kinds of tests (short-answer, problem, and essay), and a mechanism for grading (accumulation of points). (MS)

A system of grading tests by considering the relative merits of responses to individual items is developed. (SD)

The article describes a daily assignment and evaluation form developed by an itinerant teacher educator to enable an industrial education teacher to pre-plan student assignments and incorporate a daily evaluation of student performance. (MF)

This article presents two criterion-referenced grading models (a binomial grading model and an arcsine grading model), and shows how they can be applied in classrooms. In both cases, grades can be assigned on the basis of a criterion-referenced test with systematic control of the possible errors of misclassification (Author/BW)

Discusses how a journalism teacher can grade the newspaper staff on its production efforts in a fair and consistent manner. Proposes a point system for students to earn a grade in newspaper production that places the burden on students to keep track of their work. (MS)

Describes a process which enables students to take an examination, discuss it, and calculate grades in one class period. Points out the benefits of discussing the test and announcing grades at a time when interest and attendance is high. Discusses benefits to the instructor such as not having to rush to grade examinations. (GEA)

Reports the results of a study of the relationship between seating position and course grade attained for 141 Introductory Psychology students. Results showed students who occupied the front rows received higher grades than those who sat farther back. Seating density, sitting on an aisle, and sitting in the center of the room were not related to…

The author proposes self-efficacy theory as a framework for interpreting the relationship between the grading standards of teachers and the grades students actually achieve. (Author/MT)

Several changes in assessment of students in Great Britain are being considered, including establishing a common system of examining at 16-plus and moving toward specifying criteria for the award of grades. Issues related to these trends (including the demise of the General Certificate of Secondary Education--GCSE) are examined. (JN)

Proposes that in-depth assessment of student writing is the best and most effective way of grading papers and determining student needs. Includes a sample assessment scale. (CRH)

Physical educators must analyze their purposes behind grading students. Suggestions to consider when formulating a grading strategy are offered. (DF)

Describes two approaches to grading news stories in a news writing course, in which grading and penalties were lenient in the first half of the course, and more strict in the second half. Discusses a survey of students' attitudes indicating that the moderated grading made the course less intimidating. (HTH)