Students’ conceptions of bell curve grading fairness in relation to goal orientation and motivation

• Main Authors: TAN, Lynette, YUEN, Brenda, LOO, Wee Ling, PRINSLOO, Christiaan, GAN, Mark
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
• Subjects: Bell curve grading; fairness; goal orientation; motivation; tertiary education; Asian Studies; Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research; Higher Education
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/3375; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/5333/viewcontent/Students_conceptions_of_grading_fairness_pvoa.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The controversial bell curve has received considerable attention in recent years as a grade distribution tool where “norm-referenced grading involves comparing students’ performances with each other” rather than where they fall on a “predefined continuum of quality” (Brookhart, 2013, p. 258). Despit...