Austrian Students Can "Phone a Friend" During Exams 9
In an attempt to boost test scores, some Austrian students will be able to "phone a friend" if they get stuck on a test question. The students will be able to call teachers, doctors, or other experts for help when they don't know an answer. Teacher Reinhard Peter came up with the idea while watching "Who Wants to be a Millionaire," and says, "They can call doctors, teachers and other people to ask their help. Many of them suddenly have exam anxiety as though they were sitting in the classroom taking the exam. They get nervous on the phone and feel that if they give the wrong answer they are not only failing themselves but the pupil who is calling them as well." Peter adds that all of his students have passed their exams since he allowed the calls, and he has no plans for installing a 50:50 policy.
Kudos to Austria. (Score:1)
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'Cause I'm interested but can't be bothered to figure it out myself.
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I really hope you're joking, because this is one of the most stupid things I've ever heard of. Testing is about WHAT THE STUDENT HAS LEARNED NOT WHO THEY ARE CALLING HAS LEARNED!!!
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Agreed. I can see it now:
Student: Mom, what's 2+2?
Mom: Now timmy, we went over your math homework yesterday, I know you know the answer to that.
Student: Yeah but I forgot
Mom: Timmy, you're 19 years old, it's about time you learn basic math
Student: I can't mom, the teachers let me call whoever I want for help so I'll probably never learn
If anything I'd rather the teachers let them use Google. At least t
um, wtf? (Score:1)
Ok, as an IT student I have always thought how stupid exams are. In the work place if I am not sure on something I simply RTFM. But this is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard! Calling an expert in an exam?
Isn't the point of an exam to test the knowledge of the person sitting it?
If studies have suggested that exams aren't appropriate, then use something else to test a students knowledge. I actually learn alot more by doing an assignment then I do cramming for an exam.
Switch exams for assignments, la
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Considering that, many institutes of learning and professors have broken away from the tradition. The traditional exam is feared by students, and many educators argue that they do
Could work (Score:2)