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I've taken exams in college where the professors intentionally put more questions on the exam than you have time for. They say, "think of each question as an op
by PureParadigm 6y ago
I've taken exams in college where the professors intentionally put more questions on the exam than you have time for. They say, "think of each question as an opportunity to increase your score" as opposed to caring about answering them all. The score is then standardized at the end, since most results are below 50% correct. It turns out exams like this usually give a very normally shaped distribution. More time is a massive advantage in these cases.
- barry-cotter 6y agoMore time is only an advantage if you get it and others don’t.
- Thorrez 6y agoThe time pressure forces others to not get it. You getting it does depend on your skill to a large degree, but extra time increases your probability of getting it.
- twic 6y agoThe examiners did this by mistake in one of the papers in my final exams. I had time to finish two of the three sections. They thought that was fine. Fortunately, the external examiner didn't, and required them to add points to everyone's marks. I ended up with slightly over 100%.
- zajio1am 6y agoI guess that such tests are more influenced by general intelligence. That is OK for IQ tests or admission tests, but course exams should test mainly knowledge of subject matter, so they should generally provide enough time.