Although practiced widely in management education, grading of student participation in class discussions has been criticized by researchers: The instructor simultaneously adopts two incompatible tasks of facilitating class discussion and evaluating student participation; students play for points instead of focusing on learning; and common,…

Findings appear to bear out the contention that students tend to support a more widespred use of pass-fail grading. (Editor/PG)

DATA ON ENROLLMENT AND PERFORMANCE IN COURSES TAKEN ON A PASS-FAIL BASIS WERE ANALYZED TO ASSESS THE EFFORT OF CHANGES IN GRADE ACCOUNTING ON COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATIONS. FINDINGS INDICATED THAT (1) ENROLLMENT IN PASS-FAIL COURSES FOR 1966-67 INCREASED 55.5 PERCENT OVER 1965-66, (2) A STUDENT'S GRADE INDEX WAS LIKELY TO INCREASE DIRECTLY WITH THE…

The thesis that low grades cause college students to give up receives some support from early psychological research and from current reinforcement theories. This study investigates the effects on subsequent grades of low, average, and high first-exam grades for 192 students in a traditional grading system and 52 students in a pass-fail grading…

In what is the only controlled experiment on the incentive value of letter grades in the university classroom, students were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 conditions: conventional letter-grading, pass-fail, or nonevaluation. During the semester in which the experiment was conducted, the pass-fail students studied only 50% as much and achieved 89% as…

This article discusses the inadequacy of the accepted systems of grading students and proposes the use of student evaluation profiles as a more efficient means of evaluating achievement. (DMT)

The authors conclude that the pass fail option appears to have little effect on general rated satisfaction with courses and instructors, but generates a special type of dissatisfaction completely different from that of traditionally graded students. (Author)

A survey of the literature points to the conclusion that research thus far has failed to substantiate the success of the pass fail grading option. In light of these findings, it is noted that faculties throughout the country continue to adopt the program. (Author/BY)

In this study it was found that student attitudes toward grading policy at the university are not closely related either to their aspiration for grades or to their actual grade achievement. The evidence suggests that a majority of students favor pass or fail grading because they dislike competition, tests, and study. (Author/BY)

Describes the development and implication of a pass-fail grading system for student teaching at Central Michigan University. (RT)

This paper discusses several design issues in the development of a new online Japanese textbook, called "Robo-Sensei: Japanese Curriculum with Automated Feedback". When it is completed, the new online textbook will present a full Japanese curriculum. It extends a previously published online software program, "Robo-Sensei: Personal Japanese Tutor"…

An examination of the grading policies at the 29 Michigan community colleges is presented. Six major classifications cover all grades given at the colleges: main grading system, pass-fail grades, withdrawal grades, incomplete grades, and audit options. The most common grade policy, used by 24 of the colleges, is the five grade system assigning…

Published articles about grading systems in general are listed in the first section of this annotated bibliography. A brief abstract of each article is provided. In the second section, Some Marking Systems in Current Use, credit grading policies used by nine community and junior colleges are described. (KM)

The traditional A-B-C-D-F grading system utilized by most colleges and universities to indicate student achievement has been a major focus of student and faculty dissatisfaction for decades. Further, when connected (consciously or unconsciously) to a norm-referenced approach to testing and a curve-based marking practice, the system can and does…