“Research shows three reliable effects when students are graded: They tend to think less deeply, avoid taking risks, and lose interest in the learning itself.” @AlfieKohn, The Trouble with Rubrics
We advocate a subtractionist mindset focused on simplifying solutions for the benefit of adding clarity: less makes room for a different sort of more.
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