Do you agree or disagree with the following statement Grades marks encourage students to learn Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion
The method of grading has been used in the education system for quite a while. This technique was thought to be effective until recently with educators, students and parents raising questions on the education system and how it needs to be reformed. In my opinion, grading prevents students from learning and I will discuss the reasons to support my opinion below.
Firstly, the definition of intelligence is so broad and subjective, that it makes little sense in confining it to set standards and quantifying it. To illustrate, the use of mark schemes means that I will only receive a mark if my answer matches the one presented on the mark scheme. While this may work for subjects such as Math, it seems unfair to make use of it for subjects such as English. I remember during my junior year, we were asked to analyze the text given for our English assignment. All of our answers were different but still valid as we analyzed the text through our perspective, however, most of us did not score well just because our answers were different from what the mark scheme expected. This demotivated us and made us lose interest in our classes.
Another problem that arises is the introduction of competition. By quantifying our performance, it becomes easier and even tempting for students to compare themselves to others, even if it does not provide an accurate picture of someone’s intelligence. Because of this, students no longer study for the sake of seeking knowledge, rather their only aim is to gain good marks. For them, success is being better than another person. I became a victim of comparing myself to others during the last year of middle school. Up until then, I was the one achieving the highest grades and seeing a new girl in class take my position was unbearable for me. I studied day and night to get better grades than her, and even when I did, the satisfaction I received from my so-called success was short-lived. This was because my only motivation for studying was to be better than someone else rather than learning and getting satisfaction from understanding and learning a new topic.
The grading system also stifles the innate trait to be curious. Students know that they can gain marks if they can memorize answers or only the material they will be tested on and so do not go beyond understanding what is taught in class. Studying further or researching an area of their interest seems like a waste of time because they would not receive marks for it. This means that there is no actual learning going on and students limit their education to learning what is necessary and hyper fixating on their grade.
In short, the grading system inhibits students from learning. It introduces unwanted competition and the grading of answers turns into a tick-boxing system where you receive a mark for every answer that matches the expected answer. Along with these, the biggest damage it does is discourage curiosity which is one of the biggest factor that can help us learn effectively.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 7, column 414, Rule ID: AFFORD_VBG[1]
Message: This verb is used with infinitive: 'to go'.
Suggestion: to go
... means that there is no actual learning going on and students limit their education t...
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Line 9, column 281, Rule ID: BEEN_PART_AGREEMENT[1]
Message: Consider using a past participle here: 'discouraged'.
Suggestion: discouraged
...th these, the biggest damage it does is discourage curiosity which is one of the biggest f...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, firstly, however, if, may, so, still, then, well, while, as to, in short, such as, in my opinion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 25.0 15.1003584229 166% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 9.8082437276 82% => OK
Conjunction : 19.0 13.8261648746 137% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 11.0286738351 91% => OK
Pronoun: 66.0 43.0788530466 153% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 61.0 52.1666666667 117% => OK
Nominalization: 15.0 8.0752688172 186% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2503.0 1977.66487455 127% => OK
No of words: 516.0 407.700716846 127% => OK
Chars per words: 4.8507751938 4.8611393121 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.76609204519 4.48103885553 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.6609105839 2.67179642975 100% => OK
Unique words: 264.0 212.727598566 124% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.511627906977 0.524837075471 97% => OK
syllable_count: 768.6 618.680645161 124% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.51630824373 99% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 13.0 9.59856630824 135% => OK
Article: 7.0 3.08781362007 227% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 3.0 3.51792114695 85% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.86738351254 54% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 4.94265232975 142% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 24.0 20.6003584229 117% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 20.1344086022 104% => OK
Sentence length SD: 44.8074390835 48.9658058833 92% => OK
Chars per sentence: 104.291666667 100.406767564 104% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.5 20.6045352989 104% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.75 5.45110844103 87% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.53405017921 110% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 5.5376344086 36% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 12.0 11.8709677419 101% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 3.85842293907 207% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.88709677419 82% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.166856703535 0.236089414692 71% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0482421907713 0.076458572812 63% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0529818810476 0.0737576698707 72% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.10961615013 0.150856017488 73% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0571526270491 0.0645574589148 89% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.2 11.7677419355 104% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 58.62 58.1214874552 101% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 6.10430107527 51% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 10.1575268817 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.85 10.9000537634 100% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.23 8.01818996416 103% => OK
difficult_words: 116.0 86.8835125448 134% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 10.002688172 110% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.0537634409 103% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 10.247311828 107% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 73.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.0 Out of 30
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