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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is the complete opposite of what I learned while getting my MEd.[/quote]

I don’t think much of teacher education is grounded in reality these days.  That’s depressing.  And explains how we got the Lucy Caulkins crap spread around the country. [/quote]

You are conflating 2 things.

People learn better when it’s not for grades, more creative.

People learn rote information better when grades are hard.

It’s the different between knowing it and understanding it.[/quote]

Even if what you wrong is true, it's important that kids learn "rote information." Just because it is "rote" (by which I assume you mean facts?) doesn't mean it's bad.

Also there's a lot of ground between "rote" and "creative."  I can believe that for something truly creative like art, grading doesn't help. (Although art is still very much held up to external standards, of course.)  But for something like, say, learning to write a good research paper, there is a lot that needs to be learned that is not "rote."  It takes a lot of practice though. And the best way to guide students through practice is to establish standards that they need to meet, ie, grades. [/quote]

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