“george d kuh”

Creating the conditions that foster student success in college has never been more important. As many as four-fifths of high school graduates need some form of postsecondary education to be economically self-sufficient and manage the increasingly complex social, political, and cultural issues of the... More

Involving Colleges details the extracurricular environments of fourteen diverse involving colleges and universities and shows how and where successful conditions and characteristics can be adapted to institutions to complement the institution's unique educational purpose and mission.... More

Identifies properties on institutional culture and the ways cultural perspectives have been used to describe college life. Examines intellectual foundations of culture, institutional subcultures and implications for practice.... More

Explores the issue of institutional productivity and student learning outside the classroom. Reviews the conditions that can foster a climate where out-of-classroom experiences can contribute to greater educational productivity.... More

The developemnt of socio-economical structure of a country depends on its education system. The academic level of citizens plays an important role in strengthening the social, economical and technological fabric of a nation. Higher education is a major contributor in the overall progress of any coun... More

After world war II many useful experiments in the education of war veterans were conducted in America, which gave very useful results which later became very relevant for general education as well. Examination is an integral part of education. It is an instrument to test what the student has learne... More

The process of examination is an ongoing one and the purpose of examinations is to test the directionand speed of development of knowledge, skills and attitude in a child. At this point it is well to indicate the teachers sometimes confuse theri own introspectiosn with the job of judging pupils' gr... More

Ordinarily teachers find no difference between measurement and evalaution. Evalaution is an ongoing process and is concerned more with the achievement, while as measurement is of the inborn capacities of a child. The modern concept of evaluation which has evolved largely, thought gradually, in rece... More

Sometimes, wrongly though examinations become the be all and end all of education. This trend is now changing in favour of examinations as part of a total process. In many schools there is widespread dissatisfaction with the currently-used grading and reporting methods. This dissatisfaction is expe... More