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Grades as incentives

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Grant, Darren, Green, William B.·2013·Empirical Economics
DOI 10.1007/s00181-012-0578-0
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  • Studies found only minimal or no evidence that grades motivated students to perform better on final exams under borderline grade conditions.

    “However, these studies found only minimal (Oettinger, 2002) or no (Grant and Green, 2013) evidence that grades motivated students to perform better on final exams under these conditions.”

    From Teaching More by Grading Less (or Differently) (2014) · cites this paper as Grant and Green, 2013

  • The current 'A'-'F' grading system was not designed with the primary intent of motivating students; it stemmed from efforts to streamline communication between institutions and diminish the impacts of unreliable evaluation of students from teacher to teacher.

    “As described in the history of grading above, our current “A”–“F” grading system was not designed with the primary intent of motivating students. Rather, it stemmed from efforts to streamline communication between institutions and diminish the impacts of unreliable evaluation of students from teacher to teacher (Grant and Green, 2013).”

    From Teaching More by Grading Less (or Differently) (2014) · cites this paper as Grant and Green, 2013

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  1. Elliot A, Zahn I (2008) Motivation. In: Salkind N (ed) Encyclopedia of educational psychology, vol 2. Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA
  2. Grant D (2010) The simple economics of thresholds. Manuscript, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX
  3. Rosin H (2010) The end of men. The Atlantic 306(1): 56–72

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Authors
Grant, D., & Green, W. B.
Affiliations
Sam Houston State University (US)
Corresponding author
Grant, Darren
Venue
Empirical Economics
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2012-04-01
Volume
44
Issue
3
Pages
1563-1592
ISSN
  • 0377-7332 (ISSN-L)
  • 1435-8921
DOI
10.1007/s00181-012-0578-0
OpenAlex
W3124439766
Cited by
37
References
54
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 2 · 2012: 1
FWCI
7.78
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations
  • Empirical Economics (publishedVersion)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (acceptedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Education › School Choice and Performance
  • Social Sciences › Education › Educational Outcomes and Influences
  • Social Sciences › Education › Evaluation of Teaching Practices
Keywords
letter grades, study effort, student learning, exam performance, higher education

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