1. In education system, is assessment through formal written examination still valid?
Whether assessment of an individual via written exam is not enough to test all skills of an individual is an ongoing debate for decades for academicians and educationist.
Relying on what is written in exam cannot prove that the candidate understands everything that is taught. Further, candidates with English as not their first language often struggle with these exams. Moreover, students in India are often taught to memorize answers without understanding. Such practice can gain students high marks but very less understanding. Thus, only a written assignment is not enough to assess the knowledge. Nevertheless, written exams are essential. It is a good indicator to judge if the candidate has read thoroughly and understood. Further, usage of examples from life situations or remembering it from somewhere read indicates his analyses and application.
Fifteen years in the millennium and the employer’s expectation from prospective employees has risen drastically. They prefer candidates who can multi-task and can work in a team. Thus schools and universities are now adopting other methods of assessment such as group coursework, presentation and experiments among others. Such activities will hone their skills in team work but improve their communication skills and help in increasing confidence. Further, having to submit these assignments at different times will teach them time management and aligning their priorities.
In conclusion, I believe written examinations are only valid when clubbed with other methods of assessments. It is hoped that teachers would adopt the technology and using different methods in preparing students to success in this 21st century.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 4, column 185, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Thus,
... can multi-task and can work in a team. Thus schools and universities are now adopti...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, if, moreover, nevertheless, so, thus, in conclusion, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 10.5418719212 104% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 6.10837438424 115% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 8.36945812808 155% => OK
Relative clauses : 5.0 5.94088669951 84% => OK
Pronoun: 17.0 20.9802955665 81% => OK
Preposition: 30.0 31.9359605911 94% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 5.75862068966 156% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1437.0 1207.87684729 119% => OK
No of words: 254.0 242.827586207 105% => OK
Chars per words: 5.65748031496 5.00649968141 113% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.99216450694 3.92707691288 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.17343593624 2.71678728327 117% => OK
Unique words: 162.0 139.433497537 116% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.637795275591 0.580463131201 110% => OK
syllable_count: 433.8 379.143842365 114% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.57093596059 108% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 4.6157635468 87% => OK
Article: 0.0 1.56157635468 0% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.71428571429 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 0.931034482759 0% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 3.65517241379 27% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 12.6551724138 126% => OK
Sentence length: 15.0 20.5024630542 73% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 32.3718024483 50.4703680194 64% => OK
Chars per sentence: 89.8125 104.977214359 86% => OK
Words per sentence: 15.875 20.9669160288 76% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.5 7.25397266985 62% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.12807881773 97% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.33497536946 19% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 6.9802955665 57% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 2.75862068966 36% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 11.0 2.91625615764 377% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.100335458825 0.242375264174 41% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0339747829048 0.0925447433944 37% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0514562592866 0.071462118173 72% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0619232513319 0.151781067708 41% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0296683034832 0.0609392437508 49% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.2 12.6369458128 104% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 47.79 53.1260098522 90% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.54236453202 135% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 10.9458128079 94% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 15.25 11.5310837438 132% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.29 8.32886699507 112% => OK
difficult_words: 79.0 55.0591133005 143% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 9.94827586207 75% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.0 10.3980295567 77% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 10.5123152709 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 77.7777777778 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 70.0 Out of 90
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.