[etni] Magan/Shnati grade
- From: Orly Sela <orlysela@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2010 10:00:36 +0200
Dear All,
I am in complete agreement with the people who wrote about the necessity of
having a school grade in order to reward weak(ish) hard-working pupils and
as a motivating tool. I would also like to add another point to the debate
of whether or not we should have school grades - the issue of pupils who
suffer from different levels of exam anxiety, and for whom the exam grade
simply doesn't reflect their knowledge. I know this because I'm one of them
- throughout my 'school career', age 6 to 46 (when I received my PhD) I did
considerably better in situations where I had to write papers than in
situations where I had to pass exams (and don't even ask how long it took me
to get a driver's license), and I remember well the feeling of injustice I
experienced every time I got a grade which I knew was lower than what I
really deserved. Just something else to think about (and BTW, according to
the research there's more of us who suffer from this condition than most
people know).
Orly
Dr. Orly Sela
Head - Department of English Language and Literature
Oranim Academic College of Education
Email: orlysela@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Tel: +972-52-3358643
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