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2024: Introduction to teaching and learning in higher education

Great, Greater, Grades? - (de)grading students: On the impact of grades on students’ motivation and perceived wellbeing, and alternative evaluation methods

  • Edvin Bågenholm-Ruuth
  • Lars Dahlgren
  • Lorenza Di Giovanni
  • Isabel Katharina Erb
  • Franziska Martens
Submitted
September 24, 2026
Published
May 31, 2024

Abstract

Grading can have negative effects on mental health, motivation and performance of learners, as many studies show. This essay reviews literature on grading and ungrading, introduces alternative assessment methods and lastly presents the results of a small opinion survey of students and teachers at Lund University. We conclude that the request and interest for alternatives to grading is presented both in literature and the participants of the survey.

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