Grades and Grading Systems

Displaying 201 - 250 of 541 in reverse chronological order

#	Title	Date	Summary
201	Upchurch--grading causes barrier for student, prof Northern Iowan 64:31, p.5	02/09/1968	Talks with faculty about effects of grades on the student-faculty relationship.
202	M. B. Smith guest at 'Dinner with Prof' Northern Iowan 64:31, p.8	02/09/1968	Professor Smith offers views on grading.
203	Untitled Northern Iowan 64:29, p.2	02/02/1968	Professors need armed guards when grades come out.
204	Grade worship causes cheating Northern Iowan 64:20, p.2	11/17/1967	Believes that making up tests is not best use of professors' time.
205	Why not pass-fail?; from Student Senate Northern Iowan 64:9, p.2	10/10/1967	Believes pass/fail may be worth trying; EPC will address the issue.
206	Behrens' answer to education: tune in, turn on, drop out College Eye 64:6, p.2	09/29/1967	Reactions to recent EPC meeting.
207	Students discuss policies at EPC open hearing College Eye 64:6, p.4	09/29/1967	Topics include grading system, general education, quality of instruction, and comprehensive exams.
208	Student-Faculty Senates discuss, grades, evaluation College Eye 63:56, p.5	05/19/1967
209	Probation, not suspension may be in effect in fall College Eye 63:47, p.1	04/18/1967	Outline of changes relating to students with poor grades.
210	Educational commission studies plus, minus system College Eye 63:32, p.4	02/14/1967	May suggest use on experimental basis.
211	The nightmare becomes reality College Eye 63:29, p.2	02/03/1967	Shows the impending doom of semester grades.
212	ISC announces top averages for semester College Eye 60:53, p.5	05/06/1966	Theta Gamma Nu comes out on top.
213	Council gives fraternity grade points College Eye 60:45, p.5	04/08/1966	IFC releases fraternity grade point averages.
214	Classroom spirit should replace 'care less' attitude College Eye 60:30, p.2	02/04/1966	Claims that an "A" should be just as important as scoring the winning basket at a basketball game.
215	Pressure relieved, teaching improved by early finals College Eye 60:28, p.2	01/11/1966	Insists that proper evaluations of final examinations is not possible since a strict deadline is placed on instructors to turn in grades.
216	Graduate agrees with Dean Nelson's grading system College Eye 60:7, p.2	10/05/1965	Agrees with Dean Nelson in that the five point grading scale is unfair.
217	Obiter Scripta: Former dean gives suggestions for better education College Eye 60:4, p.2	09/24/1965	Suggests that more attention should be given to grading, course objectives, and examinations.
218	Theta Gammas lead sororities in scholarship College Eye 59:36, p.4	04/27/1965	Wins Intersorority Council trophy.
219	ROC proposes 12-point grading system College Eye 59:27, p.2	03/16/1965	Calls for pluses and minuses to be figured into grade point.
220	Withholding of grades may soon be in past College Eye 59:25, p.2	03/09/1965	Attorney General ruled that schools have no right to withhold property which a student has earned, such as report cards or diplomas.
221	System of grades should differentiate College Eye 59:18, p.2	02/12/1965	Grading system poses two problems: inflation of A's and B's, and a great disparity between college and universities on the distribution of these grades.
222	Mark finals carefully on IBM sheets College Eye 59:16, p.1	01/15/1965	Advice on marking answer sheets.
223	IBM machines purchased to correct final exams College Eye 59:15, p.1	01/08/1965	Procedures for using new score sheets.
224	Eiklor asks for end of American system of grading College Eye 59:14, p.2	12/17/1964	Too much emphasis is placed on letter grades instead of work, knowledge (reprinted from June 26, 1964).
225	AWS sponsors scholastic award for girls dorm College Eye 59:6, p.4	10/16/1964	Will be awarded to dorm with highest GPA.
226	Eiklor asks end to grading system College Eye 58:32, p.2	06/26/1964	Professor Eiklor points out drawbacks of current grading system.
227	Hurst praises tabulating room College Eye 58:17, p.2	02/14/1964	Thanks those who were involved in distributing fall grades so quickly.
228	Perspective: grade determiner offered for sale College Eye 58:14, p.2	01/10/1964	Just in time for finals, this device will help teachers grade fairly.
229	Delts, Pi Taus top sororities in grade points College Eye 58:7, p.5	11/01/1963	Delta Delta Phi and Pi Tau Phi win scholarship awards.
230	Untitled College Eye 57:36, p.2	07/12/1963	Students are willing to do anything for extra credit.
231	Grade determiner smacks of fly-by-night operation College Eye 57:35, p.2	07/05/1963	Disagreement with the grade determiner.
232	Breithaupt places automatic grade determiner on sale College Eye 57:34, p.2	06/28/1963	Dr. J. F. Breithaupt offers a grade determiner.
233	Study shows girls get better grades Alumnus 48:2, p.13	05/01/1963	Consistently outperform boys in high school.
234	Are there any serious thinking students on campus? College Eye 57:12, p.2	12/07/1962	It seems that there are no intellectual students who think about more than grades and dates.
235	Hail! The mighty grade point! College Eye 56:38, p.2	07/20/1962	Notes that the excellent student does not always make the excellent teacher.
236	'Correctness in writing' ploy is futile College Eye 56:32, p.2	05/25/1962	Professor Fox expresses weariness from arguing with students over grades.
237	Fail more? Enjoy it less? New policy for transfers College Eye 56:25, p.6	03/30/1962	Transfer students will now have all grades included in grade calculations.
238	Grading system discussed College Eye 56:18, p.2	02/09/1962	SCI is far from uniform in its grading system.
239	Transfers to get same treatment on hours of F College Eye 56:15, p.3	01/12/1962	Failing grades from other institutions will be included in grade averages.
240	Inter-Sorority raises pledging grade point to 2.2 College Eye 56:10, p.4	11/17/1961	Will bring standard up to meet new college standard.
241	Maurer: grades don't mean a thing College Eye 56:5, p.2	10/13/1961	Stresses that a single grade is not very important; it is more important to be knowledgeable.
242	Courses dropped after six weeks--failures in '60-'61 College Eye 51:21, p.1	03/04/1960	Professor Fox announces committee decision to record courses dropped after six weeks as failures.
243	Obiter Scripta College Eye 51:11, p.8	12/04/1959	Professor Fox claims that D and F letters are unnecessary.
244	Mirror on the Mob College Eye 51:10, p.8	11/20/1959	Comments on getting D slips, the Phi Mu pledge concert, photos of Homecoming Queen Shirley Petersen, and the mysterious outbreak of the flu.
245	Of the people, by the people College Eye 49:18, p.2	02/07/1958	Suggests the creation of a student jury to decide whether those with less than a 2.0 GPA can still student teach.
246	Excelsior! College Eye 49:17, p.2	01/31/1958	A 'C' average in college cannot truly be considered an average among students.
247	Untitled College Eye 48:8, p.2	11/02/1956	A student waits at his mailbox, expecting a letter, but fears opening it, for midterms are out.
248	Summer grades will be mailed College Eye 47:39, p.1	07/27/1956
249	Cut the quirks! College Eye 47:25, p.2	04/06/1956	Discusses the inconsistencies in the cut system.
250	And so they flop College Eye 47:12, p.2	12/09/1955	Claims that grades only slightly tell us a person's real ability.