Article: Correlation between teaching evaluation and learning Journal: International Journal of Knowledge and Learning (IJKL) 2018 Vol.12 No.3 pp.255 - 268 Abstract: Grade points average (GPA), is an assessment tool used to evaluate student's academic achievement. It relates acquired percentages into letter grades that are later converted into numerical values. Different systems of assigning GPAs are being followed worldwide. Over the period of time, grades not conforming to student's academic standing has been reported as a serious concern. Researchers have identified the factors that result in grade inflation and proposed different schemes to address the problem. This paper evaluates the impact of higher-class average percentage score on the grade awards. Higher percentage scores are associated with higher student aptitude influencing instructor's decision towards inflated evaluation. In this work, original students' grades for different batches with different class average percentage scores were normalised based on published and proposed normalisation schemes. The outcomes were analysed, which revealed that the proposed scheme effectively addresses the issue of inflated evaluation. Inderscience Publishers - linking academia, business and industry through research

Title: Correlation between teaching evaluation and learning

Authors: Abid Ali Khan; Kashif Mehmood; Taimur Shams; Sumaira Khan; Muhammad Arif Ashraf

Addresses: Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan ' College of Aeronautical Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology, Risalpur 23200, Islamabad, Pakistan ' College of Aeronautical Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology, Risalpur 23200, Islamabad, Pakistan ' Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University, Peshawar 25000, Pakistan ' Military Technological College, Muscat 111, Oman

Abstract: Grade points average (GPA), is an assessment tool used to evaluate student's academic achievement. It relates acquired percentages into letter grades that are later converted into numerical values. Different systems of assigning GPAs are being followed worldwide. Over the period of time, grades not conforming to student's academic standing has been reported as a serious concern. Researchers have identified the factors that result in grade inflation and proposed different schemes to address the problem. This paper evaluates the impact of higher-class average percentage score on the grade awards. Higher percentage scores are associated with higher student aptitude influencing instructor's decision towards inflated evaluation. In this work, original students' grades for different batches with different class average percentage scores were normalised based on published and proposed normalisation schemes. The outcomes were analysed, which revealed that the proposed scheme effectively addresses the issue of inflated evaluation.

Keywords: GPA; grade point average; class average percentages; grades inflation; grades normalisation; assessment schemes.

DOI: 10.1504/IJKL.2018.092317

International Journal of Knowledge and Learning, 2018 Vol.12 No.3, pp.255 - 268

Received: 02 Jan 2017
Accepted: 08 Jan 2018
Published online: 14 Jun 2018 *

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