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Alternative form of third party [(business, commerce) Someone not directly involved in a transaction; an entity beyond the seller (first party) and customer (second party).]
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(education) Cumulative grade point average.
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(US) A detailed written account of one's education and experience used to seek positions in academic or educational environments, typically including academic credentials, publications, courses taught, etc.
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A grading system based on the scale of performance of a group used to normalize a right-skewed grade distribution (with more lower scores) into a bell curve, so that more can receive higher grades, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject.
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(now rare) One's relative state or experience; way, manner.
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Short for final examination. [A test given at the end of a period of coursework to determine whether the student has adequately learned the material covered in that period.]
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A test given at the end of a period of coursework to determine whether the student has adequately learned the material covered in that period.
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(education) Denoting forms of assessment used to guide learning rather than to quantify educational outcomes.
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(transitive, intransitive) To change imperceptibly from one gradation of tone etc. to another.
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A passing by small degrees from one tone or shade, as of color, to another.
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The level of the ground.
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To use a grading system based on the scale of performance of a group to normalize a right-skewed grade distribution (with more lower scores) into a bell curve, so that more can receive higher grades, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject; to curve a grade.
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A method of computing a numerical value for letter grades received in school by assigning each a numeric value and averaging the numbers; the overall average of all courses taken at a time.
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One who grades, or that by means of which grading is done or facilitated.
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A graduated (marked) cup or other container, thus fit for measuring.
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(astronomy) The division of circular arcs into degrees, minutes, etc.
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A handbook used as an aid in a difficult art or practice, specifically, a dictionary of Greek or Latin prosody used as a guide in writing of poetry in Greek or Latin.
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Classified or arranged according to various criteria into successive ranks or grades.
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(education) The second academic term of the universities of Oxford and Dublin, and other educational institutions, running from January to March; equivalent to Lent term at the University of Cambridge. The term was modelled after the legal term, but does not begin and end on the same dates.
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(in the plural, Oxford University, informal) Moderations: university examinations generally taken in the first year.
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A unit of education covering a single topic.
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(education) An examination that usually qualifies a student to continue studies at a higher level.
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(education) A set of scoring criteria for evaluating student work and for giving feedback.
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Gradation; succession of ascending and descending steps and degrees; progressive series; scheme of comparative rank or order.
adj
(education) Denoting forms of assessment used to quantify educational outcomes.
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(education) By means of summative assessments, aiming to summarize earlier knowledge with periodic tests.
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A substantial research paper written by a student over an academic term or semester which accounts for a large amount of a grade and makes up much of the course.
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Alternative form of term time [The part of the academic year in which classes are held.]
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