This study was designed to examine the variability among college of education faculty members' grading behavior. A survey consisting of forty items related to the different aspects of the grading behavior was employed. A total of 95 college of education instructors at the Florida State University participated in the study. The main purpose of the study was to investigate the factorial structure of the grading behavior. It was hypothesized that grading behavior is comprised of three components and each component is multi-dimensional. These components and their factorial structure are: (1) Philosophy Component (Traditionalist, Eclectivist, Relativist), (2) Purposes of Grading Component (Institutional-oriented, Instructional-oriented, Student-oriented), (3) Systems of Grading Component (Pass-fail, Competition, Motivation). / A secondary purpose of the study was to examine the interrelationships among factors underlying the grading behavior components. The following relationships were hypothesized to exist: (1) A positive relationship between the traditionalist philosophy and the institutional and the instructional purposes. (2) A positive relationship between traditionalist philosophy and motivational and competition methods. (3) A positive relationship between relativist philosophy and instructional purposes. (4) A positive relationship between relativist philosophy and motivation methods. (5) A positive relationship between the eclectivist philosophy and student-oriented purposes. (6) A positive relationship between eclectivist philosophy and motivational and pass-fail methods. (7) A positive relationship between student-oriented purposes and motivational and pass-fail methods. (8) A positive relationship between institutional-oriented purposes and competition methods. (9) A positive relationship between instructional-oriented purposes and motivational methods. / Conventional methods of factor analysis and path analyses were employed in carrying out the study. Results of the factorial modeling method were compared with those of the factor and path analysis. The general findings of the factor and path analyses tended to confirm, with one exception, the hypothesized factorial structure of grading behavior and several of the expected interrelationships. Results of the factorial modeling approach were not always consistent with those of the factor and path analysis. The findings, based primarily on the factor and path analyses, are summarized as follows: (1) Only two philosophies were identified. The first was the relativist factor as hypothesized. The second was a combination of the traditionalist and the eclectivist. This factor was named social science traditionalist. All of the factors hypothesized for purposes and methods emerged in the analyses. (2) Significant positive correlations were found between scores on the social science traditionalist factor and all grading purpose factors. Significant negative correlations were found between scores on the relativist factor and student and institutional purposes factors. (3) Scores on the relativist factor had a significant positive correlation with scores on the pass-fail methods factor. Relativist scores correlated positively with scores on the motivation factor but the correlation was not statistically significant. No significant correlations were found between the methods scores and the social science traditionalist scores. (4) Scores on the institutional purposes factor showed a significant negative relationship with pass-fail factor scores and a significant positive correlation with competition scores. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 41-09, Section: A, page: 4003. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1980.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74279 |
| Contributors | SAIRAFI, ABDULLAH ABDULGHANI., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 133 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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