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Good students are immune to variations that are discussed in the paper. But most academic tests may not differentiate between them and the crammers.
by cscurmudgeon 2y ago
Good students are immune to variations that are discussed in the paper. But most academic tests may not differentiate between them and the crammers.
- falcor84 2y ago> Good students are immune to variations I don't believe that. I'd put some good money that if an excellent student is given an exact question from a previous year, they'll do better (faster & more accurate) on it, than when they're given a variation of it.
- n144q 2y agoI don't think you are betting on the same thing the parent comment is talking about. The assumptions aren't the same to begin with.
- Bjartr 2y agoWhat's the difference between benefitting from seeing previous problems and being worse off when not having a previous problem to go from?
- fn-mote 2y agoThe point is that the “good student” will still do well on the variations, not suffer a 30% decrease in grade.
- falcor84 2y agoI'm not following, why would you assume that a good student taking an exam at the edge of their ability not do significantly better if they trained on the exact same questions (with the same solutions), as opposed to ones that are slightly different? I for one have absolutely struggled as a student when faced with questions that seemed similar to ones from previous exams, but actually had a crucial difference, and by looking at the examples on pages 9&10 in the article, I'm pretty sure I would have been likely to be confused too.
- cscurmudgeon 2y agoBecause good students don’t cram. It is not optimal. Understanding the underlying structure is much easier than surface-level cramming.