grade-grubber

Spanish translation: obsesionado/a por las notas/calificaciones.a la caza de notas/, etc.

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English term or phrase:grade-grubber
Spanish translation:obsesionado/a por las notas/calificaciones.a la caza de notas/, etc.
Entered by: Ines Garcia Botana

19:28 Sep 25, 2017
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English term or phrase: grade-grubber
Understand the causes of grade grubbing.

Grade grubbing is a complex phenomenon, but it almost always boils down to a variety of misaligned incentives and expectations. The first place to start, then, is to ask yourself a question.

Did the student’s experience before college encourage him or her to become a ****grade grubber****?
Ines Garcia Botana
Local time: 07:43
obsesionado/a por las notas/calificaciones, etc.
Explanation:
Como lo había puesto en la otra pregunta...
Suerte

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No sé cual de las dos preguntas se utilizará así que la respondo en las dos...
A mí me pasa lo mismo cuando uso el móvil.
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Mónica Hanlan
United Kingdom
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Gracias a todos
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Summary of answers provided
4obsesionado/a por las notas/calificaciones, etc.
Mónica Hanlan
Summary of reference entries provided
Findings
lorenab23
another discussion
Marjory Hord

  

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20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
obsesionado/a por las notas/calificaciones, etc.


Explanation:
Como lo había puesto en la otra pregunta...
Suerte

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Note added at 20 hrs (2017-09-26 16:23:25 GMT)
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No sé cual de las dos preguntas se utilizará así que la respondo en las dos...
A mí me pasa lo mismo cuando uso el móvil.

Mónica Hanlan
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 8
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Gracias a todos
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38 mins peer agreement (net): +2
Reference: Findings

Reference information:
Grade Grubbing (also called "grade begging" or "grade lawyering") is the act of a student going to a professor and asking for a grade to be raised for no legitimate reason. Often the student argues that they feel their work was "not graded fairly", or they made only a small mistake and should get more points, or they knew what they were doing even though they gave the wrong answer. Grade grubbing often involves asking for detailed justification of why certain points were taken off, questioning subjective aspects of grading (e.g., Why is this problem worth 5 points and this one worth 7 points?), and wearing down the professor by arguing, begging, and pleading until they finally relent and increase the student's grade.
https://www.math.uh.edu/~tomforde/GradeGrubbing.html

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A La Caza de Notas

Muchos Estudiantes solicitan notas como si se tratara de
conseguir camisetas gratis.
Por Kurt Wiesenfeld
http://www.fimee.ugto.mx/profesores/ealvarado/documentos/A L...

lorenab23
United States
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4

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agree  JohnMcDove: Buenas referencias. :-)
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agree  Alex Ossa
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1 day 2 hrs
Reference: another discussion

Reference information:
This confirms my feeling that each region may have its slang. In Mexico it's "machetero"!
https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/grade-grubber.222551...

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Though that would not cover the definition Lorena found, I'm afraid. It's just those that work like crazy to do everything to get a good grade, etc.

Marjory Hord
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