Universities are often under the society’s eye for a different set of reasons, one of them are ensuring students’ abilities are being assessed in a right way and on a correct basis. This raises a question whether knowledge and ability should be examined only by formal tests or continuous assessments should also be considered. In this essay I will discuss these views and explain why I feel that continuous course work and regular projects are crucial whilst evaluating students’ skills – not only because of consistent work undertaken throughout the year which would show students’ knowledge but also developed abilities to be adopted for long term.
To start off, if we did not study throughout the year on a particular subject by doing various of continuous work, such as group projects or assessments, we would have a poor understanding of what we are expected to know or be capable of and could face a miserable fail. To avoid this situation, students in universities are being asked to participate in classes on a periodic basis and as a result, being judged on their work which is a fair evaluation in my view.
Moreover, to gain a skill or learn something new takes practice. Students are not in universities to get a worthless paper, they are there to get the knowledge to be used in the long term, and for their future career, many would hope so. Research shows that if information is being memorized rather than understood keeps in our head for approximately only two weeks. That is another important fact, why students cannot be evaluated just by one final written or practical exam, whereas it can simply mean student learnt the subject last minute and passed the exam while this is not the right way to do it. Similarly enough, a good student who might have had a perfect midterm result, stressed out too much before the test and consequently did not get a result which truly measured his or her abilities or expertise.
To conclude, not only I believe that continuous assessments should be implemented in university levels, but also the knowledge and abilities of students should strictly be measured based on both, formal examinations at the end of the term and continuing work undertaken by students which would show a true value of their understanding and skills obtained due to long-term value.
Universities
are
often
under the society’s eye for a
different
set of reasons, one of them are ensuring
students’
abilities
are
being assessed
in a right way
and on a correct basis. This raises a question whether
knowledge
and
ability
should
be examined
only
by formal
tests
or
continuous
assessments should
also
be considered
. In this essay I will discuss these views and
explain
why I feel that
continuous
course
work
and regular projects are crucial whilst evaluating
students’
skills
–
not
only
because
of consistent
work
undertaken throughout the year which would
show
students’
knowledge
but
also
developed
abilities
to
be adopted
for long term.
To
start
off, if we did not study throughout the year on a particular subject by doing various of
continuous
work
, such as group projects or assessments, we would have a poor understanding of what we are
expected
to know or be capable of and could face a miserable fail. To avoid this situation,
students
in
universities
are
being asked
to participate in classes on a periodic basis and
as a result
,
being judged
on their
work
which is a
fair
evaluation in my view.
Moreover
, to gain a
skill
or learn something new takes practice.
Students
are not in
universities
to
get
a worthless paper, they are there to
get
the
knowledge
to be
used
in the long term, and for their future career,
many
would hope
so
. Research
shows
that if information is
being memorized
rather
than understood
keeps
in our head for approximately
only
two weeks.
That is
another
important
fact, why
students
cannot
be evaluated
just
by one final written or practical exam, whereas it can
simply
mean
student
learnt
the subject last minute and passed the exam while this is not the right way to do it.
Similarly
enough
, a
good
student
who might have had a perfect midterm result,
stressed
out too much
before
the
test
and
consequently
did not
get
a result which
truly
measured
his or her
abilities
or expertise.
To conclude
, not
only
I believe that
continuous
assessments should
be implemented
in
university
levels,
but
also
the
knowledge
and
abilities
of
students
should
strictly
be measured
based on both, formal examinations at the
end
of the term and continuing
work
undertaken by
students
which would
show
a true value of their understanding and
skills
obtained due to long-term value.