Question

In a small minority of schools across the nation, students do not earn grades; rather, they receive regular written and oral evaluations of their work. Some people believe that this is more effective for learning than the grading system, which they believe rewards students unevenly and encourages a competitiveness that is counterproductive to learning. How do you feel about this issue? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer

Answer 1

Answer and Explanation:

I agree that the grade system, used in most schools, is not the most appropriate for establishing effective learning for students. In addition to, in fact, rewarding students unevenly and encouraging competitiveness (which does not promote learning), the grading system encourages students to memorize the subjects that are passed on to them, instead of actually learning. As we all know, the decorated concepts will be quickly forgotten by the brain, which will consider this a season memory.

However, evaluating students for their written and oral skills, promotes a totally different activity. This is because students will not feel obliged to decorate, but rather to understand the subjects, to create well-structured thoughts for the evaluations that will be submitted. This search for understanding will lead to effective, complete and lasting learning.