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I think the time pressure element of learning is silly. Is the purpose of an exam to test learning speed or understanding of the material? If the former, why no
by growlist 8y ago
I think the time pressure element of learning is silly. Is the purpose of an exam to test learning speed or understanding of the material? If the former, why not have a specific test for it, as opposed to using a test of understanding of arbitrary material as a proxy? If the latter, why can't you pay to take the test at a later date? Why should it matter how long it took you to learn if your results are up to scratch in the end? Thank god life gives us a chance to accomplish things at our own pace!
- bausshf 8y agoExams are basically some of the most flawed tests you can come across.
- jhayward 8y agoI sympathize with your view, but I think the time pressure is a very valid thing to be using. If we view higher education as being more about learning how to learn, rather than simply mastering a set of facts, we have to have limited time resources to measure how effectively a student learns. In life, business, etc. we are almost always under time pressure. These tasks often include learning something - new facts, new concepts, new context. People who can make better decisions, produce higher quality results, etc. in limited time are precious. The time element of study time/test time is effective at measuring that.
- growlist 8y agoWhich is fine, but completely denying someone the chance to get any type of qualification whatsoever due to a single event seems very harsh. There is precedent of a sort for softening assessment, in that here in the UK the introduction of GCSEs swung assessment toward coursework rather than exams.