TOPIC: It will be an argumentative comparison essay related to the Michael Thomsen article, "The case against grades."

RESEARCH: You must research the topic by reading related articles from the Bibliography (below)

APA: You can use ideas and examples from those articles to support how you disagree with Thomsen or to help support how you agree with Thomsen.

APA: You MUST use APA style correctly - good paraphrasing, good use of quotations, and good in-text citations and References - to pass this assignment.

LENGTH AND FORMAT: You should have an introduction, conclusion, and 2 body paragraphs of about 200 words each. The length of the essay should be at least 700 words. There should be a References list as well as a minimum of 3 in-text citations per body paragraph. You should use two or more secondary sources from the Bibliography provided.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Read at least two of the articles:

Richard Moore, The case against grades. TCCTA

Education essay example: The case against grades

Lane Scott, Grades and self esteem

Washington post article

International Business Times article

American Psychological Association article

National Library of Medicine article

Brian Palmer article, "E is for fail"

Matt Soniak, "How come you never got an 'E'?"