Here’s an interesting column from today’s “Inside Higher Ed” about how the relentless emphasis on grades undermines the learning process. It is close to something that I have been saying for years, though most people think of grading as so inherent to schooling that they are unable to understand me, and often respond by listing the putative motivational advantages of grades. (I go one step further, arguing that grades should be eliminated, in order to focus student on their learning itself, rather than on the putative measurement of their learning.
My favourite snippet: "Yet while these students think they’re keeping their eyes on the ball, they are actually just staring at the scoreboard.” http://tinyurl.com/hosc6mu Chris ….. Christopher D Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 43.773895°, -79.503670° [email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo ………………………………... --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=49208 or send a blank email to leave-49208-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
