Grading is a Scam (and Motivation is a Myth) | A Professor Explains

Grading is a scam and motivation is a myth. Those sound like bold words, but today we're going to dive down the rabbit hole and prove, once and for all, that our current state of schooling (and of...well..._everything_) is rotten to its core.

...that's all a little dramatic, but that really is the goal of this video. Our schools are broken, our workplaces are broken, and our society is broken...and it's all because of bad psychology and bad economics.

00:00 - Maria's Story
03:22 - Intro
06:13 - Brief History of Grades
08:37 - Why are Grades a Scam?
13:13 - Assumptions About Motivation
16:17 - Why Is Motivation a Myth?
19:44 - Why Rewards Don't Work
25:50 - Fixing Our Schools
33:55 - Advice for Teachers
38:19 - Fixing Our Workplaces
42:52 - Conclusion
46:32 - Outro

Sources: *
---Books
------Education: A Very Short Introduction - Gary Thomas
------Pedagogy of the Oppressed - Paulo Freire
------Punished By Rewards - Alfie Kohn
------Teaching to Transgress - bell hooks
------Ungrading: Why Rating Undermines Student Learning (And What to Do Instead) - edited by Susan D. Blum

---Articles
------"A Century of Grading Research: Meaning and Value in the Most
Common Educational Measure" - Brookhart et al.
------"A change to pass/fail grading in the first two years at one medical school results in improved psychological well-being" - Bloodgood et al.
------"Children's Task Interest and Performance: Immediate Versus Subsequent Effects of Rewards" - Fabes et al.
------"Do Material Rewards Enhance the Performance of Lower-Class Children?" - Janet T. Spence
------"The Effects of Contingent and Noncontingent Rewards and Controls on Intrinsic Motivation" - Edward L. Deci
------"The Impact of Anticipated Reward Upon Cross-age Tutoring" - James Garbarino
------"Motivation and Creativity: Effects of Motivational Orientation on Creative Writers" - Teresa M. Amabile
------"Problem Solving: Response Competition and the Influence of Drive" - Sam Glucksberg
------"Teaching More by Grading Less (or Differently)" - Schinske and Tanner

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