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Making The Grade » (1st Edition)

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Authors: Howard Saul Becker, Everett C. Hughes, Blanche Geer
ISBN-13: 9781560008071, ISBN-10: 1560008075
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Date Published: January 1995
Edition: 1st Edition

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Author Biography: Howard Saul Becker

Book Synopsis

Table of Contents

List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction to the Transaction Edition
1Studying College Students: The Nature of Our Problem1
2The University of Kansas15
3The Grade Point Average Perspective28
4Definition of the Situation: Organizational Rules and the Importance of Grades43
5Definition of the Situation: Faculty-Student Interaction63
6Information and the Organization of Activity80
7The Pursuit of Grades92
8Bases of Judgment and Evaluation108
9Evidence for the Existence of the Grade Point Average Perspective121
10Conclusion129
Index149

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