Questions tagged [exams]
Questions about test-based evaluation of student progress and achievement.
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Frustation with students and deadlines
I'm a lecturer in courses with 120-150 students. At my university, there are four months of lectures, and after that, students can take the exam. There are no midterms, mid-projects, or evaluations ...
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How to handle it when a professor loses a student's exam paper?
My friend Jim took a class with over 100 students. The professor assigned grades based on a midterm exam and a final exam. If the student's grade on the final was better than their grade on the ...
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Advice on handling disruptive students upset by their grades
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At my university (in Germany), students write a final exam after their course which determines their grade. After this exam, they receive their scores and are allowed to come by at a ...
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How do you teach a student to work faster?
I'm teaching a student who is quite good - whenever we work on problems together, they tend to get most of the solution pretty easily. Occasionally they might need hints, but it's uncommon for them to ...
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How can I prepare for my first online exam under suboptimal conditions?
Context: I am a physician / clinician working at a university hospital.
I am involved in bedside teaching and in-person exams. I am an instructor myself. However, I have no experience with online ...
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Can someone with a PhD in the field take the GRE/SAT/AP tests in the same field and pass, without preparation? [closed]
I'm curious if someone with a PhD in (say) math can take AP math, SAT Math 2, or GRE math subject test and pass, without preparation. I define "pass" as scoring enough for an "A" ...
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How do I remain more focused in studies? [duplicate]
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I am a JEE aspirant , and I have loads of work to do.. But now I have been observing a common trend everyday. I just dont study anymore.
I try revising stuff, but get ...
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how to rate answers in tests with multiple options?
Say I have a question with answers
A (correct)
B (correct)
C (wrong)
D (wrong)
And the student answers: A,B,C.
Lets say, I add +1 point for every correct answer.
How much should I subtract for the ...
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Will students without a Gradescope submission be able to see the test after grades are posted for the others? [closed]
I have a class test graded, and want to publish/post the grades.
However, some students are expected to makeup the test, and I don't want them to see the test yet. Will a student with
This student ...
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I was caught cheating in a University exam. No action was taken but my professor is very angry with me. My main concern is how to face my classmates [closed]
I was caught cheating in a University exam. However, no action was taken because I am a good student. Moreover, my professor is very angry with me.
My main concern now is how to face my classmates and ...
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One bad exam that might influence my chances later on [closed]
I'm currently a master's student in a 2-year European program in Theoretical Physics at a top 20 university worldwide. I got back my first grades set. I am very encouraged by my results, but at the ...
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I received one bad (but still succesfull) grade. It is the first and (I hope) it will be the only one. How should I handle this my possible ac career? [closed]
This question is somehow related to Retaking an exam to improve a low, but passing grade. Why do universities not allow this?
I have received the first bad (but still successful) grade in my studies. ...
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Is it ethical for a professor to reuse exam questions annually without changes?
I'm facing a situation at my university that raises some ethical concerns and I'd like to get your perspective on it. One of our professors has a consistent practice of reusing the same exam questions ...
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What is the name of this exam format with different levels of questions?
Here is a format for an exam style. I would like to know if this has a name in EDU circles and if there's a reference. I've asked a few people in the field and they aren't familiar with it exactly.
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Can you be disciplined for 'intention' to cheat but didn't? [closed]
I have an grad sch exam where I can bring in a single textbook of choice for reference. I borrowed one from the sch library and find that multiple books have evidence of previous students writing ...
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Carrying out tests which would give a degree [duplicate]
With the Internet having more and more data every day, a lot of which is science-related, a kind of test could be used to give a degree for someone who knows a lot.
The questions of the test would be ...
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How long, on average, is a good response to a written exam question?
I've always assumed that the "blue book" exam answer booklet should contain answers to midterm or finals questions that are about one or at most, two, paragraphs long. In other words, you ...
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Is taking tests after each lecture a good idea?
Suppose I deliver a 1.5-hour lecture on Python programming on each Monday. Generally, the passing criteria is to take a comprehensive exam at the end of the semester.
What if I eliminate the final ...
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Grading large enrollment courses
I am the coordinator of several sections of a course with over 200 students. The midterm exam is common and everyone takes the same exam at the same time. We do have TAs. What are some efficient ways ...
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Oral exams in mathematics at university
When I went to school, I actually liked mathematics a lot because I never had to study for it outside of class. If I understood a concept, I could apply it, and practicing in the lectures was mostly ...
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Is the Analytical Writing of GRE considered separately to the Verbal and Quantitative?
Let's say I took a GRE test and got a perfect 340 score for Verbal and Quantitative sections but very low score on Analytical Writing, and then retake GRE again to improve the Writing score and got 6 ...
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How to respond to a professor not happy with me
I am in the final year of my bachelor and only need to pass one last course to complete my bachelor. The thing is I failed this course this year. Which means I have to continue for a whole other year ...
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What are the pros and cons of the practice that includes some questions in a math exam which are directly discussed in the lectures?
What are the pros and cons of the practice that some questions of a (written) math exam are exactly from the course? For example, asking about the proof of a theorem proven in a course.
The argument I ...
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Is it a problem if a professor doesn't release exam statistics?
This class is a natural science course and has 3 exams which total up to about half of the grade. Students have taken all three of the exams, and it is practically the end of the semester. There are ...
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How to nail PhD qualifying written exam?
I am a Ph.D. student at a US university. I started last fall. As a university requirement for Ph.D. candidacy, I have to take 3 written exams each lasting for 6 hours. Now, the rule is that the ...
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