The grading system plays an important role in student learning. In their book Effective Grading: A Tool for Learning and Assessment in College, Barbara Walvoord and Virginia Anderson state that "grading infuses everything that happens in the classroom." They also argue that grading "needs to be acknowledged and managed from the first moment that an instructor begins planning a class." Source: Barbara E. Walvoord and Virginia Johnson Anderson, Effective Grading: A Tool for Learning and Assessment in College, 2nd edition, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2010, p. 1. The grading system used by a teacher can affect the incentives of students to learn the course material by A. doubling the points assigned to each component of the course. B. altering the payoffs to achieving success on the various components of the course. C. uniformly weighting all course components. D. none of the above since student performance is based on innate intelligence. If teachers put too much weight in the grading scale on a certain part of the course, like readings outside the textbook, students might respond by other parts of the course. Teachers often wish that students came to class prepared having read the upcoming material. A teacher could design the grading system to motivate students to come to class prepared by the grade weight assigned to being prepared. The grading system plays an important role in student learning. In their book Effective Grading: A Tool for Learning and Assessment in College, Barbara Walvoord and Virginia Anderson state that "grading infuses everything that happens in the classroom." They also argue that grading "needs to be acknowledged and managed from the first moment that an instructor begins planning a class." Source: Barbara E. Walvoord and Virginia Johnson Anderson, Effective Grading: A Tool for Learning and Assessment in College, 2nd edition, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2010, p. 1. he grading system used by a teacher can affect the incentives of students to learn the course material by A. doubling the points assigned to each component of the course. B. altering the payoffs to achieving success on the various components of the course. C. uniformly weighting all course components. D. none of the above since student performance is based on innate intelligence. f teachers put too much weight in the grading scale on a certain part of the course, like readings outside the textbook, students might respond by other parts of the course. eachers often wish that students came to class prepared having read the upcoming material. A teacher could design the grading system to motiva s prepared by the grade weight assigned to being prepared. he grading system plays an important role in student learning. In their book Effective Grading: A Tool for Learning and Assessment in College, Barbara Walvoord and Virginia Anderson state that "grading infuses everything that happens in the classroom." They also argue that grading "needs to be acknowledged and managed from the first moment that an instructor begins planning a class." iource: Barbara E. Walvoord and Virginia Johnson Anderson, Effective Grading: A Tool for Learning and Assessment in College, 2nd edition, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2010, p. 1. he grading system used by a teacher can affect the incentives of students to learn the course material by A. doubling the points assigned to each component of the course. B. altering the payoffs to achieving success on the various components of the course. C. uniformly weighting all course components. D. none of the above since student performance is based on innate intelligence. teachers put too much weight in the grading scale on a certain part of the course, like readings outside the textbook, students might respond by other parts of the course. eachers often wish that students came to class prepared having read the upcoming material. A teacher could design the grading system to motivate students to come to class prepared by the grade weight assigned to being prepared