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time would give students the impression that they would learn very little or nothing, which jeopardizes the innate intrinsic motivation of every child to learn. Children who have already lost their desire to learn and only study for their grades have no reason to continue learning after they have achieved the best possible grade. In addition, poor grades represent destructive feedback for students, since they do not provide any constructive assistance, but only absolute key figures. It is also criticized that the way of thinking, which can often be traced back to the grading system, that bad grades lead to poor future prospects, leads to perplexity, pressure, stress and depression among parents and children.
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It is criticized that grades are only short-term snapshots of how much a student has learned in a given period of time, which only partially reflect the actual performance and does not take sufficient account of the individual development of students. Likewise, poor grades over a longer period of
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criticizes grades for being responsible for ensuring that students cannot specialize in any topic that they are enthusiastic about and have a talent for, since otherwise their grades in other areas would deteriorate. He also believes that "our society will not develop further...if we force all
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in 1792. That assertion has been questioned by Christopher Stray, who finds the evidence for Farish as the inventor of the numerical mark to be unpersuasive. Stray's article also explains the complex relationship between the mode of examination (oral or written) and the varying philosophies of
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Most nations have their own grading system, and different institutions in a single nation can vary in their grading systems as well. However, several international standards for grading have arisen recently, such as the
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for varying levels of achievements in a course. Grades can be assigned as letters (usually A to F), as a range (for example, 1 to 6), as a percentage, or as a number out of a possible total (often out of 100).
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criticizes the system of grades as unhelpful and, in her opinion, the resulting competitive thinking in schools and says: "School is there to organize success and not to document failure."
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It is criticized that students often do not learn for their future life or out of interest in the material, but only for the grades and the associated status, which promotes
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education these modes imply to both the teacher and the student. As a technology, grading both shapes and reflects many fundamental areas of educational theory and practice.
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in 1897. However, this system did not become widespread until the 1940s, and was still only used by 67% of primary and secondary schools in the United States in 1971.
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writes: "According to tradition the first grades issued at Yale (and possibly the first in the country) were given out in the year 1785, when President
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Christopher Stray, "From Oral to Written Examinations: Cambridge, Oxford and Dublin 1700–1914", History of Universities 20:2 (2005), 94–95.
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students, and can be used by potential employers or educational institutions to assess and compare applicants. A
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Bob Marlin argues that the concept of grading students' work quantitatively was developed by a tutor named
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about scientific evidence as to whether GPA correlates with income, job satisfaction, or job effectiveness.
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grade point average. (n.d.). WordNet2.0 Retrieved 3 October 2011, from Dictionary.com website:
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Schule ist dazu da, das Gelingen zu organisieren und nicht das Misslingen zu dokumentieren
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Anna, die Schule und der liebe Gott: Der Verrat des Bildungssystems an unseren Kindern
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A Yale Book of Numbers. Historical Statistics of the College and University 1701–1976
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Prinzipien für eine Bildungsreform: Der Besuch des Kindergartens sollte Pflicht sein
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This article is about the measuring of academic achievement. For grade levels, see
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Snell, Martin; Thorpe, Andy; Hoskins, Sherria; Chevalier, Arnaud (August 2008).
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uninformed era and does not belong in the 21st century.
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of the instructor thereby reinforcing systematic bias.
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children to conform to the same evaluation standards".
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