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AnthonyTiberioFirstPaper 4 - 24 Apr 2012 - Main.AnthonyTiberio
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< | Eben is correct: grades are stupid. Perhaps not everyone has yet realized this, but everyone has probably at least felt this to some degree, perhaps very recently. Evaluations, however, are not stupid. As Eben points out, thorough, frequent, sympathetic, and effective evaluations of a student's work are essential in helping the student both learn more and derive more satisfaction from learning. Grades do not further these ends. Eben thinks that grades not only fail to further these ends, but grades actually impede students in their attempt to achieve these ends. I agree. It is worthwhile to listen to this view and explore where it leads. Some questions immediately come to mind. Since grades are a type of evaluation and some forms of evaluations are desirable, precisely why are grades such a stupid and unjust form of evaluation? Is this true of other sorts of evaluations that are not technically “grades”? Finally, can any sort of grading system be salvaged and serve some useful end? | >
> | Eben is correct: grades are stupid. Perhaps not everyone has yet realized this, but everyone has probably at least felt this to some degree, perhaps very recently. Evaluations, however, are not stupid. As Eben points out, thorough, frequent, sympathetic, and effective evaluations of a student's work are essential in helping the student both learn more and derive more satisfaction from learning. Grades do not further these ends. Eben thinks that grades not only fail to further these ends, but grades actually impede students in their attempt to achieve these ends. I agree. Now, let's explore where it leads. Some questions immediately come to mind. Since grades are a type of evaluation and some forms of evaluations are desirable, precisely why are grades such a stupid and unjust form of evaluation? Is this true of other sorts of evaluations that are not technically “grades”? Finally, can any sort of "grading" system be salvaged and serve some useful end? After some exploration of these questions, I think it is possible to conclude that some grading schemes, or at least some grade-like evaluations, can be a useful beginning, in at least some contexts, for an outsider (i.e. not the student) in his quest for a qualified applicant, for whatever that may be. | | | |
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