T/R 2:05 Experiences with Grading by Dr. Angela Nagel

Take a few moments to reflect on your experiences as a student. Consider the following questions:

dranagel921 — 2024-04-11 17:22:45 UTC

How did you perceive grades when you were a student?

Did grades motivate or demotivate you to learn?

Are there specific grading experiences that stand out in your memory?

How did your teachers' grading methods influence your attitude toward their classes?

2024-04-11 19:48:57 UTC

1. When I was a student, I perceived grades as a way to improve academicwise and how I should approach work. I felt that if I got bad grades it made me look like a fool

2. My grades motivated me to learn

3. Some grading experiences that stand out in my memory are that I learned that nobody is perfect on the assignment and that trying is all that matters.

4. My middle school teacher's grading method was that they checked people's work in front of the whole class. This made me want to ask for teacher's opinions before submitting my work and it made me nervous. My high school teacher's grading method was that they checked people's work privately so that made me do my work on my own and only ask for help if I am actually confused and not ask for teacher's opinions

2024-04-11 19:49:08 UTC

Grades did motivate me to learn because I was a student who always wanted to earn straight As, so I would work very hard in order to reach that goal.

2024-04-11 19:50:18 UTC

Whenever I was doing really well in a class, I wanted to keep doing well. If I had a bad grade, I would just give up or want to give up. Grades were very important to me and I equated and sometimes still equate them to my worth as a person. When I get a grade lower than usual, I feel like I'm disappointing everyone and people will think I am stupid. When every assignment was graded, I worked harder on every assignment.

2024-04-11 19:51:16 UTC

Grades were very important to me in high school and still in college. I like having A's, and get disappointed when I get anything other than an A when I know a B or C is just as fine.

Grades do motivate me to learn, but I also believe it depends on the teacher of the class. If they are a difficult grader or I do not enjoy the class then I will not be motivated.

One that sticks with me was in high school when I was taking a religion test. I did not understand the short answer/essay question I had to write and asked her to clarify it for me. Or to put it into different words. She would not go into more detail on the question because that was what I was supposed to "figure out while writing." Needless to say, I did not do very good on the test and was very frustrated with the grading.

2024-04-11 19:51:34 UTC

My current Econ teacher checks off both correct and incorrect answers with red pen, so it is kind of hard to look at visually.

I always wanted an A or a B and I was happy. I could get a B and still think that I could’ve done better

2024-04-11 19:51:38 UTC

In high school I was always motivated by teachers to achieve good grades in all my classes even when I was struggling. My English teacher would take time out of class to talk to take to her students to see where they were at in their learning and asked if they needed help or advice on how to do better in the class. My grades definitely motivated me in learning the content of any assignment and how to succeed in the class.

2024-04-11 19:51:43 UTC

With being a student, it depended on the teacher and the grading system. Grades were always something I took value in and I wanted them to be good.

Grades motivation me not to learn but to do the work. I just wanted to see in the grade book that big A+.

There is no specific grading experience, however sometime the grading scale is unfair and oddly harsh.

If they didn't grade fairly, I was not excited for the class but if you had to work for a good grade, I was excited. Also if they graded too easy, I would just half do the work and not care as much and still get a good grade.

2024-04-11 19:51:48 UTC

I have always taken my grades very seriously. To me, grades are everything. I got 2 B's all of high school and I still kick myself over it. I have been hard on myself since I started school so my parents never had to worry about my grades. I think I have been motivated to get good grades because it was like a self esteem boost for me looking at the A's on my report card.

2024-04-11 19:51:51 UTC

My teacher's grading methods influenced my attitude towards their class based on the motivation I had to learn in their class. if they were an easy grader and a fair grader I would tend to favor their class more and have more motivation to learn in their class and be engaged. If they were a really hard and unfair grader and would not share advice and just give a grade then I would have a negative attitude towards their class and not be motivated to learn, do well, or participate in their class.

Nicole Reimer

2024-04-11 19:52:38 UTC

Grades created a lot of pressure and stress. My parents and grandparents always had high expectations for me and my brother. But I would try and use my grades as a motivator for improvement. I just remember if my paper wasn't written to the teacher's standards or the math problem wasn't solved the exact way the teacher wanted it to be solved even if I got the correct answer, it was wrong.

2024-04-11 19:52:45 UTC

I was very motivated to earn good grades just because they were "good grades" not to necessarily learn anything. I just wanted to show my teachers and family that I was doing well in school. I worked really hard for the grades I've earned and they did keep me motivated to do well, but I felt like I was competing more than anything. I have a professor now who takes a very long time to grade and their rubrics make absolutely no sense. I got my first bad grade in the course and I just didn't care enough to fight it because I thought I gave my best.

kaylablake020 — 2024-04-11 19:52:45 UTC

As a student in college have taken grades and grading a lot more serious than I did in high school. In high school my parents never pushed me to be better in school, they always said, "as long as you do your best." So being in college I now use my grades as motivation to try harder and do better. My English200 professor gives me feed back on my writings immediately after reading instead of waiting.

2024-04-11 19:52:47 UTC

That they were a little all over the place and no two teachers graded the same way
If I had a bad grade then I really didnt want to do it anymore but if I kept getting good grades then I really wanted to stay and do better then before.
Yes I submitted the same paper to two completely different teachers and I got ddifferent grades on both of them one was really hgh and one was five points lower then the other one
If they graded really hardly or if you correct every little thing it makes me not want to go at all.

2024-04-11 19:52:53 UTC

Grades did give me the motivation to learn because I've always been someone who wants to strive towards straight A's, so I knew if I really knew what we were doing, I could earn the grade.

It really depended on the classes in high school a lot of grades were for completion rather than correctness, so I knew if I just got it done I'd get a good grade, so sometimes I didn't put in as much effort as I could have. Whereas when I was in middle school, before the pandemic things were graded for correctness, so I did have to put in effort.

2024-04-11 19:54:04 UTC

As I student, I perceived grades as something that would show well well of a student I was. In order to be a good student I had to have As. It was ingrained in my head that if I didn't get an A, I was not a good enough student.

Grades did motivate me to learn because I was a student who always wanted to earn straight As, so I would work very hard in order to reach that goal.

I remember in my AP Human Geography quiz I failed my first reading quiz, and I thought it was the end of the word. While I did do better on some tests and worse on others, I learned that it was ok.
I feel like the teachers that were more inclined to provide feedback, provide clear expectations, and want their students to succeed, I felt more confident in those courses.