External motivations like grades squash internal ones like curiosity and interest, the mindsets that motivate learning, write Marisa Milanese and Gwen Kordonowy in this commentary:
it, contract grading typically involves minimum expectations for students to earn a final course grade.
The approach can be used in any class. But it makes particular sense in a writing course, where assessment is highly unreliable, even by the same reader. Who hasn’t heard a student complain that they did poorly on a paper because their teacher disagreed with their opinion? Who hasn’t felt different about something we’ve read after a good night’s sleep and a cup of coffee? There is no single formula for good writing.
There’s a crucial equity piece here, too. Typically, the students who tend to get the highest grades on their writing are native English speakers with highly educated parents — those students who attended the best high schools, the kinds with smaller classes, teachers who have more time to give feedback and even private tutoring on the side. But as universities diversify their student populations, more of our students arrive from under-resourced schools.
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