David Clark discusses using alternative grading practices to foster student learning on episode 511 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Does this represent what I really care about?

Most of us are used to giving feedback in some way, but making it helpful is the tough part.

A reassessment always needs some reflective parts, some metacognition, because that’s part of the feedback loop.

People aren’t going to remember everything that they’ve learned in our classes for all time.

As soon as there’s a grade assigned, students tend to lose the intrinsic motivation they might have to learn these things and focus entirely on that extrinsic grade aspect.