The purpose of the study was to investigate faculty attitudes toward grading, their grading practices, and their opinions regarding the development of a grading policy. The sample consisted of 107 of the 117 faculty teaching education undergraduate courses in the 1989-90 academic year who completed a structured questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson product-moment correlation, t-test, and one-way analysis of variance. / The following were the study findings and conclusions: (a) Faculty members generally have positive attitudes toward grading. (b) Their attitudes toward grading relate positively to their length of teaching experience. (c) Differences in the use of criteria between experienced and inexperienced faculty, dissatisfaction over the number of high grades awarded, inconsistency in opinion regarding what the undergraduate grade distribution should be and the actual grading practices all indicate that a grading policy is necessary. / The following recommendations were made: (a) The college should consider developing a grading policy for faculty teaching undergraduate courses. (b) Inexperienced faculty should attend courses on test construction and grading policies. (c) A similar study using other approaches such as interviews is recommended to add greater depth and detail to the findings of this study. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 51-03, Section: A, page: 0757. / Major Professor: Garrett R. Foster. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1990.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_78204 |
| Contributors | Omar, Shariff Bin., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 125 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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