According to education expert Alfie Kohn, “the lettered grades have been shown to be the most important thing to the student; rather than their learning of the material” (Long). The impact of letter grading is so strong that in order to maintain an A or B grade students often stray away from the more challenging work and stick with the easier assignments and classes (Long). This mindset of taking easier courses, due to maintaining a good GPA, is the result of students cheating themselves mutually from gaining a deeper observation of their study. College students feel as though the whole academic experience cannot be defined by one mere letter (Perciavalle). Scholars feel as though their GPA based on lettered grading, is too much of a determining
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If the grading standards were to improve and professors provide more thorough feedback, the student would know how to improve on the upcoming assignments (Perciavalle). Lettered grading does not always show the true student’s ability nor do they accurately state how well a student is understanding the curriculum. Approximately all professors have their own grading standards and practices (McCarson). Some college professors look at an assignment as an easy grade, as long as the work is done completed the student receives an A. On the other hand, another professor may require more thought and comprehension from the student. This type of varying practices amongst college professors has the potential to be detrimental to a student’s GPA. The student may be so used to completing an assignment and getting an A throughout all of their college career; and the student gets a professor that may require more along with just the completing of the assignment. This change in the student’s grading conditioning has the potential to bring down their GPA since they are not used to this …show more content…
The pass or fail grading are not displayed on transcripts, therefore, allows for the student to be more focused on their learning and not so much the grade. The grading encourages scholars to be more inclined to register for more challenging classes that increase their knowledge without the stress of getting a D or F. The encouragement of taking harder classes grants the learner more knowledge they can gain; whereas, if they were on the lettered based grading, harder classes would be avoided for the sake of the perfect
If the grading standards were to improve and professors provide more thorough feedback, the student would know how to improve on the upcoming assignments (Perciavalle). Lettered grading does not always show the true student’s ability nor do they accurately state how well a student is understanding the curriculum. Approximately all professors have their own grading standards and practices (McCarson). Some college professors look at an assignment as an easy grade, as long as the work is done completed the student receives an A. On the other hand, another professor may require more thought and comprehension from the student. This type of varying practices amongst college professors has the potential to be detrimental to a student’s GPA. The student may be so used to completing an assignment and getting an A throughout all of their college career; and the student gets a professor that may require more along with just the completing of the assignment. This change in the student’s grading conditioning has the potential to bring down their GPA since they are not used to this …show more content…
The pass or fail grading are not displayed on transcripts, therefore, allows for the student to be more focused on their learning and not so much the grade. The grading encourages scholars to be more inclined to register for more challenging classes that increase their knowledge without the stress of getting a D or F. The encouragement of taking harder classes grants the learner more knowledge they can gain; whereas, if they were on the lettered based grading, harder classes would be avoided for the sake of the perfect