Some people believe that exams are an inappropriate way of measuring students’ performance and should be replaced by continuous assessment. Do you agree or disagree with this view?
The debate over whether taking exams or providing continuous assessment therefore to test students’ knowledge has long been in a question and educational experts are deeply divided over this issue.
From an objective perspective, it is believed that a comprehensive exam is one of the relevant ways of showing students’ skills as well as their comprehension of taught subjects. For instance, at the exam a student is asked to answer all the questions which have been taught during the semester and it reveals the student’s performance whether he is a diligent student or not. In addition, a...
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