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Is It Time to Rethink the Traditional Grading System?

From This Week with EdSurge · Hosted by Ira Apfel

May 9, 2023·50:59

Episode summary

In this episode of This Week with EdSurge: A growing number of educators are wondering whether the grading system is hindering students rather than helping them learn. A new book explores alternative methods of marking papers in ways that encourage students to continually revise their work rather than quibble over which letter grade they deserve.

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A growing number of educators are wondering whether the grading system is hindering students rather than helping them learn. A new book explores alternative methods of marking papers in ways that encourage students to continually revise their work rather than quibble over which letter grade they deserve.