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Why Our Grading System Is Impo
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Contrary to the belief of Arthur Lean, author of the article “The Farce Called ‘Grading’”, students are “naturally, stupid dolts who must somehow be coerced, cajoled, persuaded, threatened, strong-armed into learning.” Those few however, who are not, can g ....
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.... high levels of thought and logic can be matched with individuals who present high test scores. Any Microsoft employer would quickly argue that evidence of strong computer programming (i.e. grades, original written programming code, previous jobs) are better indicators of expected performance than written letters of characteristic traits, or history of parent-teacher conferences. Arthur Lean is wrong in believing that grades are poor indicators of academic achievement. There is no scenario to.... |
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