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This was a great read. I wonder if it's actually more time-efficient at some point to just do an oral exam rather than these paper exams. In oral exams, it's o
by j7ake 4y ago
This was a great read. I wonder if it's actually more time-efficient at some point to just do an oral exam rather than these paper exams.
In oral exams, it's obvious whether you know the material or not.
It may appear more time-consuming, but considering there is no need to grade or worry about cheating, you may come out ahead.
- urthor 4y agoI did that for one class. It was both extremely time efficient and effective. The downside to oral examinations however is you can't really grade curve them. Which is a beautiful thing, but also not what the faculty wants. The faculty grades mostly because they want to cull the chaff from the hardest working grad student candidates. They aren't after pure comprehension, they want hard workers.
- j7ake 4y agoMy most memorable exam experience as a student was an oral exam in thermodynamics or heat transfer. They gave a randomly selected question to me and I had 30 minutes to prepare a solution (alone in back of classroom). I provide solution which took 10 minutes then 20 minutes was additional theory questions. For each student, it took the professor 30 minutes. So for 100 students you can do it in 5 hours. I believe the professor was John Thome.
- bo1024 4y ago*50 hours