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... Some of the more popular answers are to measure student learning, to predict future performance, and to motivate students to learn. Most people would agree that these are important things to do, but does grading accomplish this? ... In fact grading is harmful to a student’s educational growth. It must be understood that when the word harmful is used it refers to hindering a pupil’s inspiration and expansion of knowledge. ... Deming, in his book in which he discusses the economics of education says that, “the grades of A, B, C, D, and E describe more about the work process designed by the teacher than the individual students who function within the work process” (Deming, 46). ... Grading is harmful to a student’s educational growth and motivation. Grading simply takes the focus off learning while putting it on getting good grades, produces competition between students, and sets a ranking system in the classroom that is dangerous to a students self esteem. For these reasons grading should not be used in lower level education such as elementary school, middle school, and even high school. ... Grading motivates students to make a grade, not to learn for the sake of gaining knowledge. In a real world example, two students work very hard on a paper. ... Of course this may not happen with all students but this example indicates that grading can cut the learning process off. ... The motivator’s known as grades produce this effect, which has been documented with students of different ages and from different cultures. Studies have shown that the more students are induced to think about what they will get on an assignment, the more their desire to learn evaporates, and, ironically, the less well they do.
In addition grading increases tension in the classroom between students and between student and professor. Grading creates competition between students, which prioritizes winning over learning.
Approximate Word count = 1548
Approximate Pages = 6.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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