Should Students Be Graded By Our Behavior

Then again kids should not be able to give teachers grades because, kids could abuse the fact, for example on nea Today the author claims, “one day a teacher is loved and the next day the teacher is hated due

I find an effective tool for managing behaviour is to set firm ground rules at the beginning of the course. These include clear boundaries, and expectations. If this can be done in consultation with the students it can be extremely effective, as it gives them the responsibility of managing each other’s behavior. It is useful to note however, that set sanctions must also be clearly defined and followed as a consequence for breaking the rules for this technique to be effective. The use of reward is a good method of encouraging positive behavior, the use of praise, certificates and house points for example.

Students all have their own personalities, which affects their actions within the classroom. Many times, a students’ behavior is caused by outside factors causing them to act out with disruptive behaviors and disciplinary issues. During these times, a teacher must have a behavior management approach to deter similar behaviors in the future. Many first time teachers are unable to handle dealing with the behaviors and leave their jobs making it all the more important to come up with an effective behavior management approach to curtail those worrisome behaviors before it gets to that point (Sugai, 2009). In an effort to thoroughly discuss an efficient behavior management approach, a common disciplinary problem within classroom and the foundation of the issue will be considered. A combination of approaches may be to needed to stop behavioral issues, such as providing motivation and establishing rules and procedures in a clear way will deter behavioral issues. Finally, an in-depth look at the steps needed in order to implement the approach into the classroom.

The conflict of whether or not honor codes should be established has been brought up again due to an increase in cheating and collaborating on tests and school work. Recently, a surplus of students have been caught cheating in unexpected places, like Harvard and the University of Virginia. Those colleges are considering using honor codes to counteract the surge of cheating that has arisen. Although there is currently a cheating problem that needs to be dealt with, incorporating honor codes into high schools and colleges is not the most effective way to solve the cheating problem, and will not solve the cheating problem indefinitely. It is very difficult to change a person’s personality and their morals, no matter what paper they sign, but there are ways to make people’s convictions stronger. One of which is student interaction. Like many people, students have a “follow the herd” nature and want to fit in with the crowd. If many students discourage cheating, the “crowd” may choose to not cheat in fear of being shunned. Student interaction is much more effective than honor codes, and is a much less drastic change.

Pragmaticism, indeed, will dictate that schools, assessments, and organizations long-established will not be altered for light and short-lived causes. Hence, a gradual shift in culture and method must occur which reforms the quantitative nature of grading systems. However, let the negative effects of the current grading system be known in a direct way:

I agree with the author Karen Barkslade, and Brenda Nelson on their views of children getting rewarded for getting good grades. Allowing children to receive awards is allowing them to be able to say the only way I will do something is if I get something in return. When that should never be the case. Children should not be rewarded for good grades because they stop striving for greatness, they will only do the work when they know a prize is involved, and never learn the true meaning of working for something.

Some students are also high risks in becoming a criminal due to lack of sociability to others. They think that everyone will punished them and embarrassment them to all. Students who violated the policies also denial their self esteem due to improper scolded by their teachers. They also tend to have no discipline among people who are higher than them.

The current academic grading system is helpful in student performance. The main reason the opposition disagrees with my point of view is simply that they believe the system has unfair limits and is not easily understood by everyone. The opposition argues that,“the grading scale is easy to manipulate because it is often subjective in nature.” (Meador) They argue this because, every teacher has a different teaching style and ways of grading. For example, during high school chemistry, my teacher required that we explain our solving process on each

Michael Thomsen argues against the A-F grading system in his essay “The Case Against Grades.” Thomsen even goes as far to say that the A-F grading system is to blame for the difficulty in reforming American education (1). He supports his conclusion with a few thought-provoking studies and statistics, but overall there are holes in his argument and he does not offer a realistic alternative. Thus, I disagree with Thomsen’s conclusion as I think that the A-F grading system is currently the best method for the United States to use.

Traditional grades have been used to accurately measure student abilities for decades now, and they are the only thing recognized by colleges. Actual grades are the most important things that are considered, and unless that changes, we have to stay that way (Bull)., and unless Basically, the 1-4 system used for SBG isn’t accepted by colleges, because they want actual grades, not kindergarten stuff. This would be a gigantic problem for students who want to go to college, colleges don’t care if a student gets solid

Whether the standardized grading system was put into place to help the children become involved in their grading process or to help their self-esteem, we have to look at the long term effects it will have on them. In a society where education is so important; we cannot let our children start off with the belief that meeting standards is what they need to strive for. They need to learn that hard work and studying are needed to thrive in education. My daughter wants to be a doctor; leading her to believe that she can turn in science papers with everything spelled wrong but achieve a “perfect” score will only set her up for failure as she reaches college level and you are graded on all aspects of the paper. Our children will be handicapped against other students who were taught in a way that pushes them to do their very best in every aspect. Our children deserve the right to higher education focused on learning, not one that is focused on their self-esteem. If you want to fix their self-esteem, help them earn a

When speaking of this grading scale, you can easily compare it to the academics of ivy league schools. Students are highly compettive and unwilling to give a helping hand, thus creating a environment of subtle hostility. This policy  eliminates a sense of community because its every man for himself. The grading scale is very secrative and causes workers to have a heighten sense of curiosity. Some employees will take extreme measures to ensure that they are being treated equally. To eliminate hostility in the workplace there must be transperancy. Overall its a good method, but not when its secrative. Also in regards to newer employees being promoted before the older ones, we must understand that many factors play a role in this decision making.

I want to talk to you about the grading system you have. The behavior grading is not very useful because like in the poster my partner and I made we said knowledge has nothing to do with behavior. Yea it might make people behave better if you grade them but someone could be smart and have good grades but then when it comes to grading behavior their grade drops. What i'm trying to say is that behavior grading shouldn't affect your grades and gpa. According to the article A’s for Good Behavior there's a quote that says ,” Schools are finally realizing if you don't have standards based grading you really do not have a standard based education”. People like myself get work done and finish everything but at other times there are bad days. These

Ms. Peck the 3rd grade teacher that I interviewed mentioned to me that at her school the teachers are taught to teach appropriate behavior to their students. They are also supposed to model and practice appropriate behavior to show the students what they expect from the students. Ms. Peck mentioned to me that they are also taught to catch students exhibiting the appropriate behavior and to praise the students upon it. By praising the students on the appropriate behavior it shows students what they are supposed to be doing.

In sports, analysts examine a players skills and abilities through the use of personal records and game statistics. Similarly, grades reflect a student's strength and weakness in the classroom. In Paul Goodman’s excerpt entitled “A Proposal to Abolish Grading,” he argues that Ivy League Universities should abolish grades. His reasons are that students focus on passing a test more than they do on expanding their education. Eliminating grading standards will allow students to learn new material without being stressed. Goodman's main focus is on prestigious schools, but it is an issue that concerns every school. For it begs the question if grades are necessary to measure a student's inclination to learn. Goodman believes that today’s students