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Effects on Classroom Structure on Student Achievement goals Orientation, by Shannon R. Self-Brown and Samuel Mathews II, was published in The Journal of Educational Research in 2003. In the study, Self-Brown and Mathews wanted to study the effect of how three different types of classroom structures affect the goals that students set for themselves. In today’s schools students consistently show a lack of motivation. They take for granted the educational opportunity that is in front of them. Students frequently do what is necessary for a traditional grade instead of showing a desire to learn and grow as a student. The study by Self-Brown and Mathews was devised to identify if various classroom structures effect goals that students have. The ultimate objective is to create a learning environment that rewards student gains and success, instead of the traditional grade based classroom structure. The study by Self-Brown and Mathews is about setting goals. They focus on two different types of goals; performance goals and learning goals. Self-Brown and Mathews (2003) use previous learning to explain that with performance goals, “students often avoid more difficult tasks and exhibit little intrinsic interest in academic activities” (p. 106). In other words, students who are solely focused on performance through the traditional sense of academics don’t set goals to learn and instead are focused on achieving favorable outcomes. This is bad because, “Students with a…

missed in class that day, waiting for your professors response and age you terribly. 2. Failing to provide proper instructions Its upsetting to find out that you did poorly on as assignment you worked your butt on because you failed to use proper citations or the correct font. Even more upsetting is when you check the rubric and realize you were never instructed to use that font or use those citations in the first place. This usually results in uncomfortable arguments with your professor who…

Letter grades existed long before we are born. According to Mark W. Durm, “1883—At Harvard there is a reference to a student making a B. This apparently was the first use of a letter for a grade that can be found” (1). There are many great leaders attended schools and received letter grades; even our grand parents might have received letter grades in their life. Many people attended school and grew up with grades and every one of us is very familiar with grades. We fought for good grades to get…

I believe that the actions implemented within this study led to increased student performance, specifically in the areas of personal attitudes and standard proficiency. Students with varying rates of knowledge acquisition and with different abilities to retain information were able to demonstrate proficiency, and even mastery, most of the time throughout the study. Also, student attitudes were impacted from the implemented actions. Feelings of being free of stress while completing an…

Learning vs. Grading System When schools first started, the motive was to provide vast knowledge to students. Along with starting schools, a certain standard was set centuries ago by scholars who thought that they need a way to evaluate the learning procedure of students based solely on letters or numbers given on the tests taken by students. Education system was based on judging the students instead of their creativity and uniqueness by various colleges, universities, graduate schools and…

With American students falling behind in the world standings of academics, it is time that we review other options of grading and teaching in our educations system if we are going to reestablish ourselves in the world market of education. There is a new concept regarding the grading system known as , Grades out and Badges in, and I believe it would be a sufficient change to assist the level of learning for our students and our rankings in the world education. Grades out and Badges in is the…

The measurements of our world strive to quantify the quality of our lives. The scales we use to measure ourselves and how we feel, fail to understand the concept of life itself. The tears of joy felt by a mother; the symphony of silence held by a survivor; the loudness of a murmur spoken as a prayer. Life is a composition, led by a melody, woven piece by piece, tied by our hopes and colored by our sorrows. Like darkness is the absence of light, pain is measured by the absence of happiness.…

Injustice and the Importance of Being a Man in A Lesson Before Dying Justitia, the goddess of justice, is portrayed with a blindfold holding scales and a sword, but she, in applying her scales and sword, has never been colorblind in the U. S. 1[1] Ernest J. Gaines accuses the legal injustice against the black population through an innocent convict, Jefferson's death in A Lesson Before Dying. However, Gaines penetrates the fact that the legal injustice is rather a result than a…

1___Scale is a geographic tool for creating and interpreting maps. Scale also has a broader meaning for geographers, as the relationship between any phenomenon and Earth as a whole. 2___A region is an area characterized by a unique combination of features. 3___A formal region is an area within which everyone has one or more distinctive characteristics in common, whereas A functional region is an area organized around a node or focal point. 4___An example of a functional region is the…

debates about the traditional grading system. Many argue that the system deters learning therefore; it should be overhauled and/or reformed. Alfie Kohn, an American author and educator that speaks and writes about education and parenting is very much opposed to the traditional grading system. In his essay “From Degrading to De-Grading”, Alfie Kohn argues against it, he claim that students are so grade driven that it reduces their interest in learning, creativity and preference for challenging…