In addition to reports of student confusion, cases of increased stress and anxiety were also reported. This increase in stress and anxiety, much like the confusion experienced by students taking a course taught using a specifications grading system for the first time, may stem primarily from students' habituation to traditional points-based grading systems. For example, students did not like that they could not earn any credit when they submitted work that was not of passing quality. In these cases, students wanted credit for effort expended and/or felt that the passing threshold was set too high.