dennis roberts wrote:
>
> At 09:34 AM 2/6/2003, Robert J. MacG. Dawson wrote:
>
> > I'm afraid I don't see the rationale for this. An examination has
> >little value *except* as a way of setting grades;
>
> robert, do you really mean this? i think the major benefit of any exam/test
> ... is providing some feedback to the student about how he/she is getting
> on with the material ...
This is done in a far more timely fashion (hence far better) by weekly
quizzes and assignments than by exams. By the time of an exam, the
material has been covered and usually won't be again. "Wer jetzt kein
Haus hat, baut sich keines mehr" ("Who now has no house will not build
one"), as Rilke wrote on a completely different subject.
-Robert
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