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S2E9: Jay McTighe on how to 'backward design' educational nirvana
Rethinking Education
What Happens When You Don't Grade Kids?
When students are asked to do something just for the sake of it, they'll often pour their heart and soul into it in a way that they wouldn't when it was assessed. When students can see goals clearly, if they see the goal as relevant or purposeful to them, authentic to them, those are the inherent intrinsic motivators. You don't need external pressure or drive things through grades. And look at extracurricular activities as an example. I've seen many kids who from time to time would put out extraordinary effort way beyond even what was the norm in athletics or extracuriculars because they saw it as worthwhile,. They wanted to do it, and they thought they
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