{"id":7168,"date":"2018-12-10T09:00:58","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T16:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=7168"},"modified":"2018-12-09T18:27:05","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T01:27:05","slug":"is-it-what-straight-a-students-get-wrong-or-is-it-what-we-get-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2018\/12\/10\/is-it-what-straight-a-students-get-wrong-or-is-it-what-we-get-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"IS it What Straight-A Students Get Wrong, or is it what WE get wrong?"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"5qg32\" data-offset-key=\"4hpo9-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"4hpo9-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"4hpo9-0-0\">It&#8217;s not the students&#8217; fault. <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"4hpo9-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"4hpo9-0-0\">Not making marks random, and reducing the risks of failure are what gives students more room to really think.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"4hpo9-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"4hpo9-0-0\">We owe them that.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"4hpo9-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"4hpo9-0-0\">We need to get rid of compartmentalized grading entirely, and quit blaming the students for responding appropriately to an unreasonable assessment system.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/12\/08\/opinion\/college-gpa-career-success.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/09grant-articleLarge-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>If you always succeed in school, you\u2019re not setting yourself up for success in life.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/12\/08\/opinion\/college-gpa-career-success.html\">Opinion | What Straight-A Students Get Wrong<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vSu4g_xRvT3j0d69o7LR7VnpyjAtbPTyrLuqneQujVacsCASm-E0UG9MSD0rfIcWvi0hXD-zscceSqQ\/embed?start=false&amp;loop=false&amp;delayms=3000\" width=\"780\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">?<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">?<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">?<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">?<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">?<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-7168'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(7168);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(7168);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(7168);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>It&#8217;s not the students&#8217; fault. Not making marks random, and reducing the risks of failure are what gives students more room to really think. We owe them that. We need to get rid of compartmentalized grading entirely, and quit blaming &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2018\/12\/10\/is-it-what-straight-a-students-get-wrong-or-is-it-what-we-get-wrong\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,423,9,352,369,24],"tags":[388,144,41,389,126,387,15,16,393],"class_list":["post-7168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academia","category-assessment","category-educational-technology","category-gamification-2","category-higher-education","category-teaching-learning","tag-academia","tag-assessment","tag-education","tag-educational-technology","tag-gamification","tag-gamification-101","tag-higher-education","tag-instructional-design","tag-teaching-learning"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-1RC","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6013,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2015\/11\/06\/competency-based-assessment-everything-old-is-new-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":7168,"position":0},"title":"Competency-Based Assessment: Everything Old is New Again","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"November 6, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Like I've said before, much of gamification really isn't new at all. 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