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Konstantinidis-Pereira, A., & Scott, I. (2021). Is the inclusion of first-year assessment in the calculation of GPA deleterious to students from a widening participation background?. Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 25(1), 24-33.
Konstantinidis-Pereira, Alicja, and Ian Scott. "Is the inclusion of first-year assessment in the calculation of GPA deleterious to students from a widening participation background?." Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education 25.1 (2021): 24-33.
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Is the inclusion of first-year assessment in the calculation of GPA deleterious to students from a widening participation background?.

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The use of grade point average (GPA) as a means to summarise learning is a novel practice in the UK. The aim of this study was to determine if the inclusion of assessment results from student's first-year of study in the calculation of GPA is deleterious to students from a widening participation (WP) background. Assessment marks of full-time undergraduate students were investigated using statistical modelling. The inclusion of the assessment outcomes from the first-year of studies in the calculation of GPA was significantly beneficial …

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