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For my college math and physics exams, the profs would pick exercises at random and wouldnt know how hard the test was until after the grades came in. And havin
by parpfish 2y ago
For my college math and physics exams, the profs would pick exercises at random and wouldnt know how hard the test was until after the grades came in. And having a super high ceiling where a 25% is passing allowed them to see if there were any super geniuses in the class
- llm_trw 2y agoIt was indeed in physics/math/cs where I had classes with a passing grade of >30%. A memorable classes being Electromagnetism 4 where the passing grade in my year was 8% and Quantum Mechanics 3 with 15%.
- GoblinSlayer 2y agoIs there a need for that? At one exam a prof exchanged a couple of words with me and immediately realized I can be given more difficult problems.
- mmmBacon 2y agoI don’t see the point of an exam where a 25% is a passing grade. Sounds like bad teaching to me. For most classes: say E&M or classical mechanics there are a finite number of problems that you can work out in a 3 hour exam. So you can study accordingly. For harder classes, we usually had take home exams. The take home exams were extremely demanding but doable. There was no way you could pass in class or take home exams with a 25% grade.