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| Content Provider | IEEE Xplore Digital Library |
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| Author | Lindsay, E. Goff, R.M. |
| Copyright Year | 2009 |
| Description | Author affiliation: Department of Engineering Education, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA (Goff, R.M.) || Department of Mechanical Engineering, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia (Lindsay, E.) |
| Abstract | Having a single numerical value to represent a student's overall level of achievement is useful. At Curtin University of Technology, it is the Course Weighted Average (CWA) - an average of percentage grades received for each course. At Virginia Tech, it is the Grade Point Average (GPA) - an average of values based upon letter grades for courses (letters initially based upon percentage grades). To facilitate exchanges and/or transfers between U.S., Australian and other institutions, it is useful to benchmark the equivalency of GPAs to CWAs. The difficulty comes through the differences in which grade corresponds to which mark. At Virginia Tech, a mark of 71% earns a C−, which is a GPA of 1.7; below the 2.0 required for graduation. By contrast, at Curtin a CWA of 71% results in a degree with honors. This paper reports on a study of cohorts of freshman engineering students at each institution ranked by GPA and CWA, and comparisons drawn at equivalent percentile ranks within each cohort. This yielded an equation to convert GPA to CWA allowing comparable student achievement at the two universities to be evaluated and contributing greatly to facilitating exchanges and/or transfers between U.S. and Australian universities. |
| Starting Page | 1 |
| Ending Page | 5 |
| File Size | 205529 |
| Page Count | 5 |
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| ISBN | 9781424447152 |
| ISSN | 01905848 |
| DOI | 10.1109/FIE.2009.5350580 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) |
| Publisher Date | 2009-10-18 |
| Publisher Place | USA |
| Access Restriction | Subscribed |
| Rights Holder | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) |
| Subject Keyword | Australia Engineering students Equations Educational institutions Continuous time systems International transfer Comparative grading Equivalent cohorts Grade point average |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Education Computer Science Applications Software |
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