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Good grades at school are not the goal – so argues Alf Kohn

Posted on May 30, 2010 by mwalker

You watch these two short video clips where Alf Kohn argues that the more students seek high standards [performance] as measured by grades rather than learning through the task the less they learn. It’s an interesting argument to put and … Continue reading →

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