Most recent public comments by Natalya Cespedes https://nowcomment.com/users/139860 https://nowcomment.com/documents/356719?scroll_to=3143774 https://nowcomment.com/documents/356719?scroll_to=3143774 Using real-life examples of how de-grading improves the quality of education in classrooms gives the argument depth. It not only provides data but also shows that professionals (in this case teachers) are using this method to their benefit, the warrant being that other teachers can de-grade to similar results Fri, 29 Sep 2023 11:44:25 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/356719?scroll_to=3143773 https://nowcomment.com/documents/356719?scroll_to=3143773 The author makes a final claim stating that grades do wrong by students, and to change the traditional system would be courageously give kids the best shot. Fri, 29 Sep 2023 11:41:55 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/356719?scroll_to=3143758 https://nowcomment.com/documents/356719?scroll_to=3143758 The author states that multiple psychologists came to this conclusion, thus giving the claim more weight. Fri, 29 Sep 2023 11:39:53 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/356719?scroll_to=3143757 https://nowcomment.com/documents/356719?scroll_to=3143757 The author states that while students can be motivated by grades, the value of this motivation does not come from the students themselves but to please others. Fri, 29 Sep 2023 11:37:43 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/356719?scroll_to=3143756 https://nowcomment.com/documents/356719?scroll_to=3143756 Because of the idea that no one else has been able to discredit these findings, this gives more value to the claim. Fri, 29 Sep 2023 11:34:35 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/356719?scroll_to=3143755 https://nowcomment.com/documents/356719?scroll_to=3143755 This implies that students will stifle their own potential if grades are involved as they are afraid to fail and the easier tasks are safer. Fri, 29 Sep 2023 11:29:43 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/356719?scroll_to=3143754 https://nowcomment.com/documents/356719?scroll_to=3143754 The study finds that students who receive grades become less interested in the content they are learning, implying that if we instead did not have grades, they would do better. Fri, 29 Sep 2023 11:26:40 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/356719?scroll_to=3143753 https://nowcomment.com/documents/356719?scroll_to=3143753 I think the author asserts their viewpoint from the very beginning of the piece by including this quote. Grades take the joy out of learning! Fri, 29 Sep 2023 11:21:29 -0400