Questions tagged [exams]
This tag is intended for questions about exams as viewed from the point of view of an instructor.
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Should students be given partial scores when they gave an incomplete proof by contradiction?
In a quiz, there was a question asking students to show something doesn’t exist. A lot of them gave proofs by contradiction.
Initially, I designed the marking scheme so that an incomplete proof by ...
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Why don’t all professors let students use notes, books, etc. on exams?
Last semester I had a teacher who let us use any type of information in the exam, for example the course notes, books, solved exercises, etc. The only thing he did not let us use was something ...
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Adding irrelevant humorous questions to a quiz exam
Sometimes, when preparing some calculus exams I try to have a "funny question" such as:
T/F I love mathematics
T/F Calculus 2 is easier than Calculus 1, ...
So my questions are:
Do you think ...
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A student is cheating and I don't know how
I'm teaching a course at a community college called "Business Pre-Calculus", which is basically some varied rudimentary algebraic concepts integrated with some topics from basic economics and finance.
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To which degree should exams test intelligence vs mastery of the material
I think it happens to a lot of students that (at least it feels like) really understanding the material does not really contribute to having a decent grade. It seems to me that quite often exams are ...
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Is the annual system still in vogue anywhere in Europe, North America, Australia, or East Asia? And what about the 2-year B.A. / B.Sc. degree?
In Pakistan, we have until now had 2-year B.A./B.Sc. and 2-year M.A./M.Sc. university degrees after our 12th grade F.A./F.Sc. qualifications. Thus the former was a 14-year academic qualification, ...
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Mathematics exam -- How to keep brain functioning through a four-hour exam?
So my question isn't directly related to math, but I think you might be able to help me. I'm a 17 year old, last year at school. My class specializes in math/physics (that's our educational system in ...
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Experimental results about the variability of grades on a math exam
"[Myth] that exams are objectively graded. Daniel Stark and Edward Elliot sent two English essays to 200 high school teachers for grading. They got back 142 grades. For one paper, the grades ranged ...
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How to design multiple choice questions
I've seen the previously-asked questions about the effectiveness of multiple choice problems, but I want to know about design. What are best practices in multiple choice problem design? The "common" ...
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How About MCQs, True/False, and Fill-In-The-Blank Questions in Undergrad-Level Topology, Analysis, And Abstract Algebra Exams?
Is it advisable to set questions of multiple-choice, true/false, and fill-in-the-blanks in the bachelor's exam papers of courses on topology, analysis, functional analysis, and abstract algebra?
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A4 paper of notes in an exam
What are the effects of allowing students take one paper, say of A4 size, full of whatever they want, into an exam? It might be called a cheat sheet or something similar. Students might write it by ...
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Should I change my take-home exam policy because of one suspected cheater?
This is just the third semester I've been teaching, but I've been tutoring for many years. At the moment I'm teaching to community college students a "Business Calculus" course whose curriculum is ...
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Are there advantages to make students handwrite (instead of LaTeX typing) what they say in an oral exam?
In my university, in Italy, most professors want students (at least the undergraduate ones) to handwrite what they are saying in an oral exam. If I understood correctly, this is somewhat due to ...
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Standardized Exam for Statistics?
I have been trying to find a standardized exam for statistics, but have not had any luck. For example, there is an AP statistics exam for high schoolers to take, but I am looking for something that ...
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Are there any math certificates/qualifications on high school maths that you can do after high school?
I hope this is a good place to ask the question.
My issue is that I have finished high school a number of years ago, and although I did some (non-advanced) math courses then, I did not do an exam in ...
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