A Mesa Community College drama teacher in Arizona encouraged his young female students to strip on stage for their midterm exam. The rest of the class was forced to watch. Students complained and not ...
Another method is called collaborative grading, or ungrading, where students don’t get grades throughout the semester.
In Failing our Future: How Grades Harm Students and What We Can Do About It, Joshua Eyler examines how traditional grading undermines the learning experience for students. He argues that grades ...
What’s in a grade? On its surface, a letter or number grade would appear to be a fixed measure of a student’s performance on a given assessment: a test, essay, project, or other tangible piece of work ...
When Laura Link works with districts to review their grading policies, she starts by asking a simple question: What are grades for? Are grades meant to motivate students? To help teachers determine ...
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This is a summary of the Official Grade Appeal Rules, which can be found in Section E of the Purdue University Student Regulations Governing Student Conduct, Disciplinary Proceedings, and Appeals. Any ...