👓 Traditional grading: The great demotivator | Robert Talbert

Read Traditional grading: The great demotivator by Robert Talbert (Robert Talbert, Ph.D.)
A new study presents sobering facts about the negative effects of traditional grading on college students' motivation.

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  1. Annotated Read Write Respond #037 by Aaron Davis (Read Write Collect)

    Learning and Teaching
    Letter Grades are the Enemy of Authentic & Humane Learning: Bernard Bull discusses how grades work against authentic and self-determined learning. Although they are ingrained in education, he recommends considering the aspects of life free from grades and having these conversations with others. What is interesting is this is only one post being shared at the moment. Bill Ferriter shared his concerns about the association between standard grades and fixed mindset, while Will Richardson argues that grades only matter because we choose to let them matter.This continues some of the points discussed in Clive Rose’s book The End of Average and Jesse Stommell’s presentation on grades and the LMS. It is also something that Templestowe College has touched in the development of alternative pathways to higher education.  ❧

    Thanks for aggregating a variety of sources here!
    I’d recently come across Robert Talbert’s post Traditional Grading: The Great Demotivator which likely fits into this same sub-topic.

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