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As a student of the previous generation, I much preferred exams with an oral defence component. Gave an opportunity to clear up any miscommunications, and I alw
by simsla 2y ago
As a student of the previous generation, I much preferred exams with an oral defence component. Gave an opportunity to clear up any miscommunications, and I always walked away with a much better estimate for how well I did.
- slt2021 2y agothis was Soviet system as well, where student draw a random card with 3 exam questions (out of all curriculum) and had to prepare and answer question in person verbally in from of a panel of professors. This system truly forced students to grind the hell out of science
- jimhefferon 2y agoHard to see, though, how to do that with hundreds of students in a room, and be reasonably uniform and fair about it. An argument perhaps that there should not be hundreds in a room.