The Impact of Grading on the Curve: A Simulation Analysis
Grading on the curve is a common practice in higher education. While there are many critics of the practice it still finds wide spread acceptance particularly in science classes. Advocates believe that in large classes student ability is likely to be normally distributed. If test scores are also nor...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Georgia Southern University
2008-07-01
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Series: | International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning |
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Online Access: | https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/ij-sotl/vol2/iss2/5 |