15 Sep 2023 4:33 am
TRENDING: ‘Grade grubbing’ explodes as students beg for better grades, educators give in
BLAKE MAURO - CLEMSON UNIVERSITY •SEPTEMBER 15, 2023More students are asking for better grades than earned — and a vast majority of educators questioned in a recent survey admit they’ve given in to those demands in a trend now dubbed “grade grubbing.”
Intelligent.com surveyed nearly 300 educators in late August, including high school teachers and professors who work with both undergrads and grad students.The results: 44 percent of the educators reported that they’ve had students demand a higher grade than they’ve earned “very often” or “somewhat often.” Another 24 percent said they get asked “every so often.”
Additionally, 82 percent of teachers reported that they gave in to these requests and inflated students’ grades, with 34 percent saying they “rarely” do, 20 percent saying they do it “occasionally,” 17 percent saying they do it “sometimes,” and 11 percent saying they agree “almost always.”
Only 18 percent reported that they “never” agree, Intelligent.com reported.
https://www.intelligent.com/gen-z-stude ... s-give-in/
BLAKE MAURO - CLEMSON UNIVERSITY •SEPTEMBER 15, 2023More students are asking for better grades than earned — and a vast majority of educators questioned in a recent survey admit they’ve given in to those demands in a trend now dubbed “grade grubbing.”
Intelligent.com surveyed nearly 300 educators in late August, including high school teachers and professors who work with both undergrads and grad students.The results: 44 percent of the educators reported that they’ve had students demand a higher grade than they’ve earned “very often” or “somewhat often.” Another 24 percent said they get asked “every so often.”
Additionally, 82 percent of teachers reported that they gave in to these requests and inflated students’ grades, with 34 percent saying they “rarely” do, 20 percent saying they do it “occasionally,” 17 percent saying they do it “sometimes,” and 11 percent saying they agree “almost always.”
Only 18 percent reported that they “never” agree, Intelligent.com reported.
https://www.intelligent.com/gen-z-stude ... s-give-in/