Plus/minus grading and motivation
An empirical study of student choice and performance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19379875 |
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| Authors | James E Mcclure (0000-0002-3961-3491, Ball State University), Lee Spector (0000-0001-5299-4797, Ball State University, corresponding author), Lee C Spector |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 571-579 |
| Publication date | 2005-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0260-2938 • E-ISSN: 1469-297X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02602930500260605 |
| OpenAlex | W2117195543 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
This paper considers whether student motivation might be impacted by the replacement of a straight (A, B, C, D, F) grading system with a plus/minus system (A, A−, B+ ... D−, F). The data that are examined are from several undergraduate economics classes at a mid‐sized midwestern university in the United States. The data includes student characteristics, student performance and students’ choices of either a plus/minus or a straight grading system. In this admittedly small‐scale study students, who chose plus/minus grading, were not significantly more motivated than students who opted for straight grading
Empirical research · Higher education · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Political science · Statistics · Engineering · Evaluation of Teaching Practices · Innovations in Educational Methods · Mathematics · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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