Re: Use of exams.

["Richard W. Tarara" <rtarara@saintmarys.edu>]

Does anyone else see this as excessive pandering to students--regardless of
the test outcomes?

Rick Tarara
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> From: Jim Diamond <jimd@calvin.linfield.edu>
>
> We have a campus "Learning Center" where students who feel that they need
> alternate testing conditions can go and take a test under supervision,
> provided that they fill out paperwork ahead of time. It is a bit of an
> extra chore for the teacher, since it is up to the instructor to arrange
> with the learning center staff how to get the exams back and forth. I
tell
> all of my students about this option, and about 1/3 of our general
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> chemistry class elects to do this. It has been my experience that only
> rarely does time really make a difference. The students who get 35% on a
> exam get 35% even if they have all day to work on a one-hour test.