Formal examinations are the only effective way to assess a student's performance. Continual assessment such as course work and projects is not a satisfactory way to do this.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?
It is argued that formal written examinations are the optimal tool for assessment university-goers’ ability and understanding about subjects, and that other forms of evaluation, such as projects and coursework cannot offer the right description. Personally, I completely disagree with this view.
On the one hand, formal tets are consistently fail to gauge a student’s ability. They are well known to test the capability of cramming and revising rather than one’s thorough and flexible understanding about the course. Since a great number of tests are often recycled, exams have become relatively predictable, and students, therefore, can be well prepared for what are likely to come up on the test day. As a result, a student, who is either exam-wise or good at predicting, can idle a year and then learn for his exam in a few days. Moreover, these exams are notoriously rigid by nature, which fail to appreciate the one’s flexibility in the understanding about the course, but only see how she or he could solve text-book problems.
On the other hand, it is wrong to underestimate the roles of projects and coursework play in evaluation. Firstly, coursework is a fairer tool to ensure the right assessment for those who perform consistently well during the course of the year but fail to do so when sitting in the exam rooms due to anxiety or pressure. This can help to compensate for the drawback of formal exams that favor short-time memory and rote-learning, and force all students to work hard throghout the entire year. Secondly, a university-goer’s ability should extend beyond academic achievements, rendering other important soft skills with a faiter share in the evaluation process for the sake of a more well-rounded individual. For that reason, projects performed in teams are an efficient way in which students’ social skills, along with the capabilty to incorporate theoritical knowledge into real-life circumstances, are observed and evaluated by their instructors.
In conclusion, I believe that formal exams are insufficent to give the right picture of a student’s ability, and that other measures of evaluations should be included to thoroughly review how a student performs.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 47, Rule ID: BEEN_PART_AGREEMENT[2]
Message: Consider using a past participle here: 'failed'.
Suggestion: failed
... one hand, formal tets are consistently fail to gauge a student’s ability. They are ...
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Line 3, column 213, Rule ID: DURING_THE_COURSE_OF[1]
Message: Use simply 'during'.
Suggestion: during
...for those who perform consistently well during the course of the year but fail to do so when sitting...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, firstly, if, moreover, second, secondly, so, then, therefore, well, in conclusion, such as, as a result, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 13.1623246493 114% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 7.85571142285 89% => OK
Conjunction : 17.0 10.4138276553 163% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 7.30460921844 151% => OK
Pronoun: 19.0 24.0651302605 79% => OK
Preposition: 47.0 41.998997996 112% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 8.3376753507 72% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1860.0 1615.20841683 115% => OK
No of words: 352.0 315.596192385 112% => OK
Chars per words: 5.28409090909 5.12529762239 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.33147354134 4.20363070211 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.23286467362 2.80592935109 115% => OK
Unique words: 209.0 176.041082164 119% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.59375 0.561755894193 106% => OK
syllable_count: 579.6 506.74238477 114% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 5.43587174349 129% => OK
Article: 2.0 2.52805611222 79% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.10420841683 95% => OK
Conjunction: 5.0 0.809619238477 618% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 5.0 4.76152304609 105% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 16.0721442886 81% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 27.0 20.2975951904 133% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 60.352024522 49.4020404114 122% => OK
Chars per sentence: 143.076923077 106.682146367 134% => OK
Words per sentence: 27.0769230769 20.7667163134 130% => OK
Discourse Markers: 10.3076923077 7.06120827912 146% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 5.01903807615 40% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 8.67935871743 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 3.9879759519 75% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 3.4128256513 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.188752749399 0.244688304435 77% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0639627637757 0.084324248473 76% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0509102902051 0.0667982634062 76% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.114432960793 0.151304729494 76% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0668308554747 0.056905535591 117% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 17.0 13.0946893788 130% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 44.07 50.2224549098 88% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.44779559118 150% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.8 11.3001002004 122% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.64 12.4159519038 110% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.33 8.58950901804 109% => OK
difficult_words: 97.0 78.4519038076 124% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.5 9.78957915832 128% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.8 10.1190380762 126% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 10.7795591182 130% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 89.8876404494 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 8.0 Out of 9
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