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> review the material in preparation for an exam

Have you thought about getting rid of exams? Honest question.

I had a few progressive professors in college that completely ditched exams and went with either in person exams (think office hours with PG) or all participation and projects. I learned more from those classes than any class I took in all 4 years.

I know this style doesn't lend itself useful to all subjects but I feel that the academic community needs a massive overhaul in how it tests knowledge retention.




My first year Computer Science classes had 500+ people in them. Some things, like in person exams, don't scale. Having said that, for smaller groups it probably works a lot better in some cases. I believe the medical field does it.


And I thought 200 was big.




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