Publication Date
6-2014
Abstract
At present, the amounts of knowledge acquired by different graduates of the same program are usually compared by comparing their GPAs. We argue that this is not always the most adequate description: for example, if, after completing all required classes with the highest grade of "excellent" (A), a student takes an additional challenging class and gets a "satisfactory" grade (C), the amount of her knowledge increases, but the GPA goes down. We propose a modification of the GPA which is free of this drawback and is, thus, more adequate for describing the student's knowledge. We also provide a psychological explanation for why people cling to the traditional GPA.
Comments
Technical Report: UTEP-CS-14-50
Published in International Mathematical Forum, 2014, Vol. 9, No. 28, pp. 1363-1367.