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Course Grade Policies: What are the Consequences for Motivation, Achievement, and Equity?

Thu, April 9, 9:45 to 11:15am PDT (9:45 to 11:15am PDT), Westin Bonaventure, Floor: Lobby Level, Santa Barbara C

Session Type: Symposium

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At the postsecondary level, course grade policies—such as how final grades are calculated and/or whether revision or recovery opportunities are available—are often dictated by the instructor and required to be reported on their syllabi. However, little is known about the motivational, academic, and equity-based consequences of specific course grade policies for both students and instructors. The present symposium brings together scholars using diverse methodologies who aim to understand how instructor beliefs inform their grading policies, how grading policies are perceived by students, and the effects of different grading policies on educational (in)equity, student and instructor motivation, and student achievement. Implications of the findings for teaching practice, theory development and refinement, and future research will be discussed.

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