Grade inflation versus grade improvement: Are our students getting more intelligent?

C Jephcote, E Medland… - Assessment & Evaluation …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The move from elite to mass systems of higher education has been accompanied by
concerns relating to the quality of provision and standards, particularly in relation to the …

Flipped learning in engineering modules is more than watching videos: The development of personal and professional skills

F Suárez, JC Mosquera Feijóo, I Chiyón, MG Alberti - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) has highlighted two key
outcomes for students of all accredited engineering programs: the ability to communicate …

An important problem we need to face in schools: Inflated grades and grade inflation

Y Kızıltaş - European Journal of Education, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In today's schools, students can be given high grades in examinations and class
performance. High grades can lead to the problem of inflated grades. Inflated grades can …

[PDF][PDF] Not me, not here: Adjunct faculty perceptions of grade inflation at US colleges and universities

BC Johnson, DE Malone Jr - American Journal of Qualitative Research, 2023 - ajqr.org
This study examines adjunct faculty perceptions of grade inflation. The research used a
qualitative phenomenological study methodology. Twenty-three respondents participated in …

Educational equity, academic standards, and countercontrol: Preventing academic deficits with supplemental interdependent rewards

CH Skinner, J Bennett, R Richardson… - Psychology in the …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
School psychologists have been involved with developing and installing individual
contingencies designed to remedy individual students' academic deficits. Group‐oriented …

Students' Perceptions of Grades and Grade Inflation in Counselor Training

DA DeCino, PL Waalkes… - Teaching and Supervision …, 2023 - trace.tennessee.edu
Previous scholars have suggested grade inflation has been in higher education for decades,
may devalue high grade point averages, and blur important differences between qualified …

[PDF][PDF] Are We Similar? Differences in Grading Patterns among Departments in the Same College

A Yeritsyan, JW Mjelde - Applied Economics Teaching Resources …, 2024 - researchgate.net
Using a unique data set on institutional, instructor, and student characteristics, mixed effect
models are estimated to identify factors correlated with class grade point averages (GPAs) …

Academic performance, grade inflation and regulatory exceptions in higher education during the pandemic

D Toro - ICERI2022 Proceedings, 2022 - library.iated.org
The pandemic will leave its mark on the history of education and its impacts, in addition to
affecting society from different dimensions. Years will pass before the effects on higher …

Electives shopping, grading policies and grading competition

M Gregor - Economica, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This paper analyses grading competition between instructors of elective courses when
students shop for high course scores, the instructors maximize class size, and the school …

Grade Inflation in Universities of Pakistan: A Case of Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan

EA Khan, B Hussain - Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences, 2019 - pjss.bzu.edu.pk
Recently, a trend in students' grades towards higher end of ready reckoner grade continuum
has been observed in universities of Pakistan. In this context, main objective of this …