Questions tagged [exams]
Questions about test-based evaluation of student progress and achievement.
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How to answer ambiguous true/false questions?
For example if there is any statement like:
Genetic drift occur due to change in gene pool by chance. It could be due to bottle neck effect, founder effect or migration.
I know that most of the time ...
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Grading large enrollment courses
I am the coordinator of several sections of a course with over 200 students. The midterm exam is common and everyone takes the same exam at the same time. We do have TAs. What are some efficient ways ...
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Question to professor one week before an exam (as a mathematician)
Assume you took a math class at the university and didn't ask any questions during the lectures. Now, during the semester break, when your exam is also taking place, you are studying from a script ...
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Oral exams in mathematics at university
When I went to school, I actually liked mathematics a lot because I never had to study for it outside of class. If I understood a concept, I could apply it, and practicing in the lectures was mostly ...
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How can I pass a statistics exam that overly relies on memorizing formulas?
Long story short, I struggle with a statistics exam at the university. Although I know how to solve all types of exercises and the rationale behind each of them, I still can't pass this exam, because ...
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Is the Analytical Writing of GRE considered separately to the Verbal and Quantitative?
Let's say I took a GRE test and got a perfect 340 score for Verbal and Quantitative sections but very low score on Analytical Writing, and then retake GRE again to improve the Writing score and got 6 ...
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What would be the cost of doing an MS degree in US as Night classes especially for an full time employee? [closed]
Is there any Test or Test score required to get admission?
Is there any forum or website to understand more about night classes for MS degree in US?
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How to respond to a professor not happy with me
I am in the final year of my bachelor and only need to pass one last course to complete my bachelor. The thing is I failed this course this year. Which means I have to continue for a whole other year ...
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I got caught cheating on an online exam and I feel so guilty. What do I do?
What happened:
I got caught cheating on an online exam consisting of 25 multiple-choice questions and a written part of my exam worth 55/80 marks. I had access to a one-page cheat sheet, but I still ...
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What are the pros and cons of the practice that includes some questions in a math exam which are directly discussed in the lectures?
What are the pros and cons of the practice that some questions of a (written) math exam are exactly from the course? For example, asking about the proof of a theorem proven in a course.
The argument I ...
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Is taking the SAT ueful when when applying for a graduate degree in South Korea?
I'm studying computer engineering and I want to do my graduate studies in South Korea.
Is taking the SAT to prove my math and English skills helpful for my application?
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Is it a problem if a professor doesn't release exam statistics?
This class is a natural science course and has 3 exams which total up to about half of the grade. Students have taken all three of the exams, and it is practically the end of the semester. There are ...
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Your best advice for exam anxiety [closed]
This may be a question that does not belong here, but...
What advice would you give someone who is preparing for exams and cares about grades. What advice do should I follow during the exam and after ...
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How to nail PhD qualifying written exam?
I am a Ph.D. student at a US university. I started last fall. As a university requirement for Ph.D. candidacy, I have to take 3 written exams each lasting for 6 hours. Now, the rule is that the ...
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Pattern of the question paper [closed]
To pursue a Ph.D. in Mathematics in India, one must clear the central entrance exams (written) like CSIR-NET, GATE, NBHM or institute specific exams such as ISI, CMI, TIFR first. After that, the ...
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Is the GRE general test score necessary for the 2024-2025 year? [closed]
I am an international student from Georgia. I’m aiming to enroll in a Ph.D. program in mathematics in the 2024-2025 year. I’ve already passed the TOEFL Exams and the GRE subject test. Is it necessary ...
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I looked at my phone’s clock several times to pace myself. TA saw it and sent an email asking about it afterwards
As the title says, I took an exam in a small room with one other student. One of the TAs proctored the exam. We were in a separate room because the student and I had accommodations (I have severe exam ...
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Telling my professor about another professor who accused me of cheating
One of my professors accused me of cheating because it appeared to them that I opened a link on moodle. I did, but did not look at what was open. It was opened by mistake as my laptop was lagging. I ...
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I cheated in some of my engineering exams including finals during my time at University, am I a fraud?
During my second and third year, COVID made all my engineering exams online. The exams were not proctored. Some of the exams I cheated by working with a group of friends. One person would have the ...
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What if a student doesn't understand a question because of differences in dialect?
Let's say that at a British university, there is a chemistry exam. The exam describes a person performing a chemistry experiment. This person leaves the experiment sitting there for a fortnight. After ...
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How to react to a student’s panic attack in an oral exam?
Suppose, I am an examiner in an oral exam. I have done my best to design and conduct the exam to reduce students’ anxiety, but it just didn’t work: The student has a panic attack that makes it ...
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Is a 166 point exam due in 30 mins too short? [closed]
Our professor gave us a long exam worth 166 points. It was composed of 130 items 10 of which were identification and 120 were multiple choice. A lot of the questions required ethical analysis as out ...
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How to keep my mind clear during competitive math exams [closed]
I've been training for the mathematical olympiad for a while now and from what I've gathered from my past exams, I feel like I'm alright in terms of knowing my theorems and formulae, but I struggle to ...
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How can I give extra-time accommodations for random pop quizzes?
My course has 12-15 pop quizzes scattered throughout the semester. The quizzes are unannounced (thus, pop). I also have some at the beginning of the class, some at the end, and others in the middle. ...
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Adjusting Grades After Throwing Out Exam Questions [closed]
I’m in nursing school and all exams are reviewed after they are taken, and the majority of the time some questions are thrown out after review.
The question I have is if questions are thrown out ...
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My class got fewer days than the other class to study for a test. Is there anything I can do?
I am in a class that has 2 sections. My class is now 2 days behind in material compared to the other section due to class cancellations. We have a test coming up and there is a stark difference in the ...
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Stuck in a pattern of studying hard for exam but not getting the desired grade
I could be studying 2.5 months for an exam, every single day, doing all the exercises that I can. Doing all the old exams that I can get my hand on. Never falling behind on submissions for the course. ...
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I feel like I didn't deserve to pass an exam [duplicate]
Recently I did my retake exam for Advanced Maths in college. Compared to the ordinary exam, it was easier. My grade was 9/10. I worked very hard for it, non-stop for 5 months, dealing with anxiety and ...
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If a professor refuses to elaborate on the contents of the cheat sheet, what becomes fair game?
I'm a student from Germany and currently preparing for some exams. I got an email from one of the professors that contains information about the cheat sheets you are allowed to write and use in the ...
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Emailing professor about final exam as a Master's student
When you email professors to ask if you can see your final exam, they usually are reluctant to show you the exam. So, they tell you that as long as you pass the course, there is no need to worry.
But, ...
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Is it true that scores > 80% are effectively unachievable in the UK?
No one from my UK university appears able to give me a concrete example of an answer for coursework or an exam that would get over 80% for any of my MBA modules.
It was suggested here that this is ...
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How to get over 75% in an exam/coursework at masters level? [closed]
I'm half way through my MBA, and my highest mark is around 73%, which I've had in several modules and pieces of coursework. I've contacted the university to ask for concrete examples of previous ...
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How long should it take to write a calculus III final exam?
Between inventing problems, agonizing over making sure material is adequately covered and that the problems are reasonable and sufficiently different from the practice exams, and then making a second ...
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What to do about poorly written questions in an exam?
My typical experience with examinations is that when a question expects a student to use a function provided in a previous question that the current question will make this explicit.
I recently took ...
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Can a review paper have the same title to another review paper
I am a first year college student and this is my first time making a review paper. I am working in a group and I was assigned to do the introduction. I noticed that our title is copied from another ...
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Where do we draw the line between suspicion, and evidence, of cheating on an exam?
Where do we draw the line between suspicion and evidence of cheating on an exam?
For example, on an online timed essay exam, in a student's essay, 99% of the sentences are identical to sentences found ...
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Research on number of exam attempts vs. learning outcome
Is there research on how allowing retakes or multiple attempts affects the learning outcome of students?
For instance, if one allows students 3 attempts to take the exam rather than 1, with tests ...
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Did exams exist in universities in medieval times?
I'm not really sure if this is the right place for a question like this - but it seems the closest.
I was reading about exams on wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exam
It makes it seem that the ...
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Is it legal for me to post previous exams I have taken in University
I want to create a database of notes and previous exams for classes at my university, however, I am not sure if this is legal. I just want to know if this is OK or would I get a cease and desist or ...
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What are considered as appropriate mean/median grades for college-level calculus and linear algebra in United States (out of 100 or out of 4.0)? [closed]
What are considered appropriate mean/median grades for college-level calculus and linear algebra classes in United States (say out of 100 or out of 4.0)?
Please don't just say "it is different ...
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Should I give full credit for a correct answer different from the expected one to an exam question?
I recently gave an exam that had a particular short answer question where I asked the students, "What type of reaction is this?". I was looking for neutralization reaction, as aqueous NaOH ...
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Can exam questions be removed for being too difficult after students have sat the exam?
Our students recently sat an exam and A LOT of them failed. As part of the moderation process it was noted that there were some questions that none of the students had answered correctly. Is there any ...
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How does a former student respectfully submit suggestions on how to teach a class better to a professor after graduating?
How does a former student respectfully submit course suggestions about how a professor should teach and examine students after graduating?
I always think class-feedback given by students who just took ...
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Is it academic dishonesty if I committed my exam answers into a private GitHub repo during an exam?
During an exam, I committed codes into my repository on GitHub.
In this case, am I involved in academic dishonesty for providing answers in public even though my repository was set as private?
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My students are leaving notes on exam about their difficulties and mental health. How to proceed?
This is the first semester in which classes aren't online anymore after the pandemic where I lecture (For information, this is in Brazil, and English is not my mother language). It's been two years of ...
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Difficult exam and no correlation with lectures and assignments
So there's a Statistics exam in my Uni (in Germany). It's more of an application to Surveying. The Prof. who teaches this class gives really easy assignments which made me believe the exam would be in ...
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What is the value of examinations (as compared with homework/term papers) under the honour system?
This question is asked in a university context where one assumes that the honour system works. (It is obvious that one needs more elaborate "sit-in" examination systems if students try to ...
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How should one design their students' take-home exam and decide on its length?
What strategies have you used to determine the length of your students' take home exams in the past? What is the best way to estimate/anticipate how long it will take students to complete a problem? ...
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What is the best way to confront students that I believe are cheating?
I have a very strong suspicion that a final written exam of a student was written by another student of mine. The style, the wording, even font, etc. are just way too similar to be random.
I am ...
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Why are high pass rates for courses considered acceptable in the US?
(Sorry, I just couldn't resist the temptation to use this somewhat provoking title.)
This recent question motivated me to finally ask the following, somewhat dual, question which I've been wondering ...
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