Do grades help you to learn or hinder you?   

I think this is normal, I feel the same way. HOwever, if I notice that I keep getting low grades after I have studied very hard, then I will get some additonal help, because it is a good way to realize that your not really getting the information that you should be getting. That almost always helps me to get my grades up to where they should be.

for me i dont think bout my grades. i do my part. i study, do assignment, homeworks... work hard and play hard. n do my best. wad's the result, i dun care. as long as i learn along the way=) but then usually i get good results lol

hi evadhar I have always thought that grades helped because they
showed how good or how poorly you were doing in a subject. If you have studied and learned the subject well then received a poor grade I would ask the teacher why? sometimes students do not read all the test and answer the wrong question, be sure you know what is being asked first then formulate your answer.

I think it's a natural reaction but still you need to see the poor grade as a signal that you need to give extra effort to that material not as a sign of weakness or defeat. So just keep pushing forwards to it! The grades are there to show you that you need to work harder, not give up hope! :)

I think grades can be both motivational and detrimental. If you take pride in your grades, then you will strive to get better grades. However it can also be a negative effect, if you try very hard and still can not manage a good grade. I think it should be not so much placed on just grades, but find other ways to prove academic capabilities, then just testing.

Of course it is natural to feel unfair when you work hard for something and not get good results. I think grades work both helps and hinder learning. Students should know their progress through test scores but a bad score can make a student want to give up studying.

....Hi evadhar, When I was in school I was always interested in what my grade was. Because to me it was an indication of my progress in the class. Also an indication of how the teacher thought I was doing. If my grade was low, I knew I had to improve, if it was a good grade, I had to maintain and try to do better as well.
So good grades were important to me, they also helped you to make the Dean's list. So the measurement by grade was a barometer for me at school. Take it easy.

O hell yeah! Grade is a kind of motivation but of course it is not the main factor that motivates me, what motivates me is that the dream of becoming a successful and a better person and that motivates to study hard and work hard.

It really helps! I believe that every mistake that you face has a purpose. Sometimes, your grades encourage you to search for a solution for your mistake. The real thing is, what's on your mind? Think if you know a lot against your competitors.

When we endevour in something, we always look for measurements. Similar to studying, grades become our measurement. As I student I was one who's very particular at getting high grades, when you get good grades you get recognition and you feel successful and proud. When I got out of school and went in to the corporate world, I realised that my college grades could only take me as far as the first step (getting in a good company). The rest is up to me...no grades, just pure hard work. So to all you students out there, I say study hard but do not measure yourself by your grades, measure by how much things you learned you knew you can apply in your future goal.