by heather fedesco, cft assistant director<\/em><\/p>\n

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<\/a>during the december meeting of the\u00a0cft\u2019s student motivation journal club<\/a>, we tackled the perplexing question of whether grades help or hinder student motivation. chamberlin and colleagues\u2019 paper titled, \u201cthe impact of grades on student motivation<\/a>\u201d gave us a great launching point to embark on this discussion.<\/p>\n

the authors reviewed literature that suggests that grades may play a dual function. on the one hand, they provide feedback to students, measure performance for external audiences, and they might enhance motivation if students perceive them as competence-enhancing feedback. on the other hand, grades have been associated with higher levels of stress, anxiety and cheating behaviors, and a reduction in cooperative learning, critical thinking, autonomous academic motivation, and feelings of trust between the instructor and student.<\/p>\n

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