Alfie Kohn on Nostr: From a review of research on grades, with special emphasis on university science ...
From a review of research on grades, with special emphasis on university science classes:
"At best, grading motivates high-achieving students to continue getting high grades - regardless of whether that goal happens to overlap with learning."
And "at worst"? Don't ask...: https://is.gd/VDiksu
The anthropologist Jules Henry once put it this way: “In order not to fail, most students are willing to believe anything and [not to care] whether what they’re told is true or false.”
"At best, grading motivates high-achieving students to continue getting high grades - regardless of whether that goal happens to overlap with learning."
And "at worst"? Don't ask...: https://is.gd/VDiksu
The anthropologist Jules Henry once put it this way: “In order not to fail, most students are willing to believe anything and [not to care] whether what they’re told is true or false.”