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On teaching without grades.
A long-ish (20-tweet) 🧵. Here goes.
So, you know how you write lots of comments on an essay/exam, and the student looks at the grade and never reads the comments? That's because when grades enter the picture, the learning stops. /1
A long-ish (20-tweet) 🧵. Here goes.
So, you know how you write lots of comments on an essay/exam, and the student looks at the grade and never reads the comments? That's because when grades enter the picture, the learning stops. /1
Instead of focusing on learning, there is a lot of negotiation: can we find one or two points on the midterm as the student is just on the verge of A-?
Everyone is just on the verge of the next grade.
And all the evals are not about the class but about the grading. Really? /2
Everyone is just on the verge of the next grade.
And all the evals are not about the class but about the grading. Really? /2
Is the grade at all informative? If you are just below the A- or just above that, is that giving the student any information about how to improve their knowledge or skills? No. t is just a useless, demoralizing & stressful smoke screen /3
