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Growth Mindset: The Emotional Weight of Being Graded, for Better or Worse

The title, "The Emotional Weight of Being Graded, for Better or Worse" obviously instantly caught my attention. It's such an interesting title because I'm a college student who has been constantly graded by professors.



This article really confirmed my belief about grading. Grading does evoke fear to students who are being graded. I now know why: students often identify with the grades they receive rather than just looking at them as mere numbers. Their sense of self-worth is often defined by the grades they receive.



One interesting new thing I've learned while I was reading this article is that powerful emotions attached to grades drew children’s inherent interest in any given subject. In other words, grades students receive and their feeling about the subject are closely related. If a student receives a good grade on a subject, not only he or she is going to feel more confident about the subject, but also they are more likely end up liking it and feel satisfied.



One area of interest that has made me interested is individual differences on how students perceive the grades they receive. Some students obviously do take grades more seriously, often to a point that defines them, but other students aren't so affected even if they receive bad grades. Is it a genetic factor? I think it's related to neuroticism. This difference evoked a deep curiosity in me, and I think it's worth doing more research.





Grades matter. Source: Too Smart to Fail?














Source: The Emotional Weight of Being Graded, for Better or Worse

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