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Analysis Of Undergraduate Grade Trends At Brigham Young University Across A 20-Year Period, Kirsten Rose Thompson
Analysis Of Undergraduate Grade Trends At Brigham Young University Across A 20-Year Period, Kirsten Rose Thompson
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Grades awarded to undergraduate students at Brigham Young University over a 20-year period were analyzed to determine to what extent the mean GPA may have increased. Study variables included enrolled freshman mean ACT, enrolled freshman mean AP credits, faculty research productivity, student evaluations of teaching (SET), and a university policy change regarding course withdrawal dates and calculating students' mean GPA. Other study variables included the overall grading philosophy of the college or school (normative, mastery, or other) and the course level (upper division, lower division). The study employed a regression model with splines for the residual, or yearly trend. Upper …