Building rapport, encouraging intrinsic motivation, and reducing anxiety with labor-based grading

IF 0.3 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS
Gwyneth Cliver
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Abstract

Since fall 2021, the author has practiced a method of ungrading, labor-based contract grading, in all courses in the small German program at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. The author has anecdotally observed less anxiety, fewer incidents of cheating, more cooperation among students, stronger rapport between students and instructors, growth of minors and majors, and more excitement and energy in the program. To familiarize the German language acquisition community with the literature, the article presents a comprehensive review of the harms of normative grading practices and the theories backing and questioning ungrading methods as alternatives. The mixed-methods study used pre- and post-semester surveys to measure the students’ perceptions of the benefits and disadvantages of the unconventional grading system and found that while there are opportunities to improve, almost all students approve of the method and see value in its emphasis on learning and de-emphasis on metrics for assessing language growth.

建立融洽的关系,鼓励内在动机,并通过基于劳动的评分减少焦虑
自2021年秋季以来,作者在内布拉斯加大学奥马哈分校(University of Nebraska at Omaha)的小型德语项目的所有课程中,都采用了一种不评分的、基于劳动的合同评分方法。作者观察到,学生的焦虑减少了,作弊事件减少了,学生之间的合作更多了,学生和老师之间的关系更融洽了,辅修专业和主修专业的学生都有所成长,课程中充满了兴奋和活力。为了使德语习得社区熟悉相关文献,本文全面回顾了规范评分实践的危害以及支持和质疑非评分方法作为替代方法的理论。混合方法的研究使用了学期前和学期后的调查来衡量学生对非常规评分系统的利弊的看法,发现尽管有改进的机会,但几乎所有的学生都赞成这种方法,并看到了它强调学习和不强调评估语言发展的指标的价值。
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