Impacts of Standards-Based Grading on Students’ Mindset and Test Anxiety
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Jun 23, 2022
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test anxiety, standards-based grading, achievement goal orientation, growth mindset
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Standards-based grading is an alternative grading method with many claimed benefits. This paper reports on quantitative studies investigating several of these oft-made anecdotal claims, such as reducing students’ test anxiety and fostering a growth mindset. We found that standards-based grading did reduce students’ test anxiety; moreover, the typically found difference in test anxiety between male and female students was eliminated in standards-based grading courses. We found no change in students’ growth mindset, but that students’ mastery avoidance goals were reduced.
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Lewis, D. (2022). Impacts of Standards-Based Grading on Students’ Mindset and Test Anxiety. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 22(2). https://doi.org/10.14434/josotl.v22i2.31308
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