GRADING WITHOUT POINTS DOES IT HURT STUDENT PERFORMANCE?

College Teaching

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 298-301

  Landrum, R Eric ^a   Dietz, Karen H ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

feedback; grades; points; student performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012062590     PISSN: 87567555     EISSN: 19308299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/CTCH.54.4.298-301     Document Type: Article

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