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To: jpmac who wrote (16415)	1/11/1999 1:56:00 AM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

Yeah, it's definitly a tough issue. But I have become convinced by listening to and reading Deming and a few others that he is right. Grading, especially bell shaped curve grading forces you to choose between those who have learned and those who have not. When as far as you know everyone has got it. Or perhaps no one. It also forces competition between students when cooperation would create a greater environment for learning. The same thing happens in business when you have to rate people. People then do things in order to get rated vs doing things which would benifit the whole team. The toughest part is being confident that the teachers have the skill to use other avenues to ensure learning is taking place. Like monitoring or changing his/her techniques to meet the needs of the various students. It's much easier to teach one way and if someone doesn't get it, well it's their fault. Nearly everyone learns in slightly different way's. Recognizing which way works best for each student is a challenging task. Recognition for the truly gifted can be nothing more than a pat on the back, or the joy in being allowed to teach others. We condition the high achievers to constantly need an A in order to feel good. When in the beginning, just learning and the fun in that was all that was needed. Michael