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For exams, it's nearly unheard of in small classes (ie <= 30 or so people), but in large lecture halls with hundreds of students, it's not uncommon (especially
by jackmaney 12y ago
For exams, it's nearly unheard of in small classes (ie <= 30 or so people), but in large lecture halls with hundreds of students, it's not uncommon (especially for general education large lecture courses).
- ska 12y agoRight, for service courses with lots of sections, the marking load can be pretty high (e.g 1000+ students taking the same course) and the difficulty in maintaining even marking policies both tempt towards scantron and the like. It is limiting, but if you put a lot of work into it you can even design pretty decent multi-part questions that reward partial understanding/success. Mostly people don't put that time in, though, and I've never been a fan of the practice.