In recent years, the approach of using exams to access students has risen in popularity over the alternative of the continual assessment. This essay will highlight some of the benefits and the drawbacks that have resulted from such an approach.
To begin with the positives, a crucial advantage of examinations as a form of assessment is that they leave little room for cheating. This is because exams are usually undertaken in the presence of an invigilator whose job is to detect any student breaking the rules. In contrast, continual assessment increases the risk of plagiarism as these assessments are often completed with the help of the internet. Besides reducing cheating, exams are time-efficient as they tend to only appear once or twice per year. As a result, they might free-up time for students to prepare and revise their syllabus.
Nevertheless, exams as a form of assessments do present some drawbacks. For instance, even if the students are very intelligent and creative, but when they put under high pressure, their minds may go blank. Considering this intense pressure, the brightest of students perform poorly in the examinations. Another disadvantage is the narrow range of information which students test on. Unlike continual assessment, there is a small time window which limits the number of questions being asked, and thus this cannot test students' knowledge in full.
In conclusion, despite the benefits that exams have in terms of cutting-cheating and time-efficiency, there are some of the negatives where examinations put students under high pressure and arguably not as thorough as the continual assessments.
In recent years, the approach of using exams to access
students
has risen in popularity over the alternative of the
continual
assessment
. This essay will highlight
some of the
benefits and the drawbacks that have resulted from such an approach.
To
begin
with the positives, a crucial advantage of examinations as a form of
assessment
is that they
leave
little
room for cheating. This is
because
exams are
usually
undertaken in the presence of an invigilator whose job is to detect any
student
breaking the
rules
.
In contrast
,
continual
assessment
increases the
risk
of plagiarism as these
assessments
are
often
completed with the
help
of the internet.
Besides
reducing cheating, exams are time-efficient as they tend to
only
appear once or twice per year.
As a result
, they might free-up time for
students
to prepare and revise their syllabus.
Nevertheless
, exams as a form of
assessments
do present
some
drawbacks.
For instance
, even if the
students
are
very
intelligent and creative,
but
when they put under high pressure, their minds may go blank. Considering this intense pressure, the brightest of
students
perform
poorly
in the examinations. Another disadvantage is the narrow range of information which
students
test
on. Unlike
continual
assessment
, there is a
small time
window which limits the number of questions
being asked
, and
thus
this cannot
test
students' knowledge in full.
In conclusion
, despite the benefits that exams have in terms of cutting-cheating and time-efficiency, there are
some of the
negatives where examinations put
students
under high pressure and
arguably
not as thorough as the
continual
assessments
.
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