Student Grade Expectations at Technical College, 2-, and 4-Year Institutions

Teaching of Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 228-232

  McCann, Lee I ^a   Immel, Kathy R ^b   Kadah Ammeter, Tammy L ^c   Priniski, Stacy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Fox Valley   (United States)

^c Fox Valley Technical College   (United States)

Author keywords

grade expectations; grade inflation; grading; student expectations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890228289     PISSN: 00986283     EISSN: 15322802     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0098628313487423     Document Type: Review

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