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[quote=Anonymous][quote]So what you mean to say is you’ve conditioned your kid to believe the grade is the point of the learning and not mastery of the content. He won’t do the homework because if it doesn’t get a grade it lacks value?[/quote]

I have yet to meet a teacher, parent or student that thinks skills-based grading is a good idea. I have 2 kids, one is Type A, hard-working, tries her best at everything, the other is Type B, loves sports, loves people, would rather be playing baseball than studying. They both have special gifts. They both are not thriving or becoming better students, better learners under this system for different reasons. In once case, the kid is demoralized and somewhat depressed and frustrated, and the other is never getting the opportunity to have a framework in which to learn good study habits.

Very few kids are doing homework for the joy of learning and mastery of content. They are kids. I used to teach high school, and I told the kids everything was getting graded even if it wasn't true. Almost every kid in my classes learned more material than they ever intended. I taught a science class. A lot of the kids thought they didn't need to know it so wanted to do the bare minimum. I didn't let them. But when it came time to take the test and they saw that they knew it and did well because of all that homework and classwork, they were excited. Kids need to feel that they are being rewarded for their effort. The reward for me was seeing the joy on their faces when they saw the product of all that work.[/quote]

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