At 09:34 AM 2/6/2003, Robert J. MacG. Dawson wrote:
robert, do you really mean this? i think the major benefit of any exam/test ... is providing some feedback to the student about how he/she is getting on with the material ...I'm afraid I don't see the rationale for this. An examination has little value *except* as a way of setting grades;
otherwise, why even tell the students what they got? just give them a grade at the end of the course
sure, we DO overlay grades on top of the scores ... we use the scores to make our decision about the grades ... but, fundamentally ... the role of a test as part of instruction has to be in terms of feedback ...
that's the major way (and in some courses the ONLY way) feedback is given about student work ... and without it (though some instructors do a lot more with this than others) ... how is the student supposed to improve?
or am i misreading your note?
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