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Why would they not simply, assign 10 problems?
by deadbabe 1y ago
Why would they not simply, assign 10 problems?
- pas 1y agopresumably they glance at the other 90 too, and they then do a thorough verification on that random 10 the analogy is not great, but in cryptography something similar is at play (easy to get/check trivial properties and then hard to achieve/produce/fake the interesting ones)
- Winsaucerer 1y agoPresumably more questions can cover a wider variety of skills/techniques/topics. If the student doesn't know in advance which 10 will be selected, they either have to pray they're lucky, or work diligently on all problems.
- doodlebugging 1y agoThere is a risk here that the professor who only assigns 10 problems will only check one of them for correctness. If 5/10 of the answers are wrong but the professor verifies a correct answer for one of the 5/10 with a correct solution then their conclusion that the other 9/10 answers are correct due to some likelihood or probability function is invalid and a dimwit makes the grade.
- deadbabe 1y agoMaybe professors should flip the script, instead of testing a student, have the student convince the professor they know the material. You will not pass until the professor feels confident.
- doodlebugging 1y agoSounds a dissertation format maybe.