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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Good grades is one of the most positive reinforcement for studying I can think of. You want your child to care. Not just about grades of course, but there is nothing wrong with wanting to get good grades.[/quote]

This +1000 elementary school grades don't "count" toward college but they do mean something to the kids.

Young kids want to please teachers and they are proud when they do well. Let's face it, the school work isn't that exciting even for the kids. They need positive reinforcement. Grades can be this incentive and reinforcement. Bad grading systems that are arbitrary or inconsistent can create disincentives.

The kids know that if they write 1 sentence they will get a P. If the kid tries to get an ES by writing 4 sentences, still gets a P and isn't told what he should do differently next time to get an ES he will not write 4 sentences again. He'll go back to 1. In is mind, there is no point or value in writing more. He won't get an ES anyway so why bother since the goal is P.

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+1000.  Although elementary grades don't "count," my DC learned a lot about how to get good grades in elementary school.  Things like -- if you don't do your homework consistently then your grade goes down and if you do do it consistently it's an easy way to improve your grade, quizzes and tests count for a lot because they are separate categories, the importance of following the rubric or directions, etc.  I think it will be a nightmare in MS when kids are dumped into 7 classes a day and trying to figure out how grading works.

I also was sad when I saw my DC's 3rd grade class board in the hallway in the beginning of the year.  The kids had been asked to write about their goals for the year.  This was something they were asked to do in class without the influence of parents.   Many of them wanted to get straight As or had specific grade goals.  But, of course, under 2.0 they have no way to accomplish this.  [/quote]

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