Writing project 3
Research how an institutional setting of your choice grades. Then answer the following question in a 5-7 page argument-driven essay:
How do grading practices affect the culture of the educational institution? To what extent should those grading practices be reformed or not?
Readings/Texts
Inoue, Asao. “Where Does Grading Come From?” Asao B. Inoue’s Infrequent Words. Blogger. May 31, 2021 http://asaobinoue.blogspot.com/2021/05/where-does-grading-come-from.html
Kohn, Alfie. “The Case Against Grades.” Counterpoints Vol. 451 (2013). https://www.jstor.org/stable/42982088 or https://www.alfiekohn.org/article/case-grades/
Schinske, Jeffrey, and Kimberly Tanner. “Teaching More by Grading Less (or Differently).” CBE—Life Sciences Education, vol. 13, no. 2, June 2014, pp. 159–66. https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.cbe-14-03-0054.
1)After reading the prompt answer in one paragraph
What is your topic? What grading practice and educational setting will be your focus?
Why did you choose this topic? What is interesting to you about it?
What questions do you have about this issue?
Briefly describe what kind of research you will do. What keywords will you use to search
2) One rough introduction paragraph that will be included in the essay
