Education has always been a blooming field; full of growth and advancements, but with the dearth in job demands, it becomes pivotal to have a proper assessment of students before hiring them for any profession. Though some people might argue that formal exams are sufficient to evaluate students, others believe that continual assessments are better means to rank every student. In this essay, I will advocate the former view and support the same with personal examples and results from recent studies.
The biggest flaw in formal tests is its inability to showcase the growth of a student in the discipline of expertise. It becomes easy for some students to cram most of the curriculum and sit for an exam but they tend to forget the learnings quicker, since, they don't spend enough time to get to the core of the subject. For instance, most of the students who pursue engineering and score well in the first year, tend not to remember the contents of the subjects they have studied by the end of the second year. This poses a difficulty for them to cope up when the same subjects are covered in detail in the following years. On the other hand, the students who tend to take up projects build the ability to have a lasting knowledge of the same subjects and seem to show progress with time.
Another aspect which proves the effectiveness of continuous evaluation is that it gives the student time to work on areas of improvement and have a fair assessment of one's capabilities. This enables the student to decide which discipline to opt for while pursuing a career in the field. For example, over forty percent of the students who choose a field after their undergraduates, change the field in a span of one year. The reason behind this is formal tests don't cover the practical use of the knowledge gained which is crucial while working.
In conclusion, we can say that orthodox ways of examinations are important for assessments, but regular evaluations in the form of projects and trainings are extremely vital to get a proper assessment of the student's performance and helps the student to grow more in the long run.
Education has always been a blooming
field
; full of growth and advancements,
but
with the dearth in job demands, it becomes pivotal to have a proper
assessment
of
students
before
hiring them for any profession. Though
some
people
might argue that formal exams are sufficient to evaluate
students
, others believe that continual
assessments
are better means to rank every
student
. In this essay, I will advocate the former view and support the same with personal examples and results from recent studies.
The biggest flaw in formal
tests
is its inability to showcase the growth of a
student
in the discipline of expertise. It becomes easy for
some
students
to cram most of the curriculum and sit for an exam
but
they tend to forget the learnings quicker, since, they don't spend
enough
time to
get
to the core of the
subject
.
For instance
, most of the
students
who pursue engineering and score well in the
first
year
, tend not to remember the contents of the
subjects
they have studied by the
end
of the second
year
. This poses a difficulty for them to cope up when the same
subjects
are covered
in detail in the following years.
On the other hand
, the
students
who tend to take up projects build the ability to have a lasting knowledge of the same
subjects
and seem to
show
progress with time.
Another aspect which proves the effectiveness of continuous evaluation is that it gives the
student
time to work on areas of improvement and have a
fair
assessment
of one's capabilities. This enables the
student
to decide which discipline to opt for while pursuing a career in the
field
.
For example
, over forty percent of the
students
who choose a
field
after their undergraduates,
change
the
field
in a span of one
year
. The reason behind this is formal
tests
don't cover the practical
use
of the knowledge gained which is crucial while working.
In conclusion
, we can say that orthodox ways of examinations are
important
for
assessments
,
but
regular evaluations in the form of projects and trainings are
extremely
vital to
get
a proper
assessment
of the student's performance and
helps
the
student
to grow more in the long run.