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Point-Less

Less Correction = More Connection

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Jane R. Shore and Gina Marie Moore
Jun 06, 2021
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“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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