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Kulwinder Pal, Lovely Professional University Unit 19 : Grading - Need, Problems, Components and Methods

Unit 19 : Grading - Need, Problems, Components and Notes
Methods

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
19.1 Concept of Grading
19.2 Need of Grading
19.3 Components of Grading
19.4 Methods of Assigning Grades

19.5 Implications for Teaching, Learning and Testing
19.6 Problems of Grading
19.7 Summary
19.8 Keywords
19.9 Review Questions
19.10 Further Readings

Objectives

The objectives of this unit can be summarised as below :
• To explain the concept of grading
• To discuss about the need of grading
• To describe about the components of grading
• To explain about the methods of assigning grades
• To describe about the implications for teaching, learning and testing
• To discuss about the problems of grading.

Introduction

The Indian education system has taken a step forward towards reviving the education system
with the introduction of grading system in session 2009-10. It will help in reducing the pressure
on students during exams. In the last five years the meaning of education has changed for
students from imbibing knowledge to merely scoring marks, resulting in myriad forms of
education policies.
As per reports, every day more than 17 students aged between 15-25 years commit suicide in
India due to non-performance in the examination or an entrance test. Watching young children of
the country succumbing to the undue pressure of scoring high marks is horrifying. One of the
points to note here is the thinking of the society, which puts lot of pressure on students to ‘to
perform’.
This pressure from schools, parents, peer groups and society takes away the youthfulness of a
child. Further, a health report also supports that this often causes health hazard such as fatigue,
body aches, eye weakness, stress and in more severe cases, depression (neurotic/psychotic.)

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