Assessment of student performance using formal methods like a written formal examination. Give your point.
The evaluation method of a student’s performance has always been an area of contention around the world. Many believe that this can be done by continual assessment of their assignments and project work. On the other hand, people are also in favour of written formal examination. I believe the latter is a more appropriate option. This can be proved by analysing the fact that the homework and projects done at home can be copied and also the memory of a student can be tested only through a formal assessment.
Firstly, the workbook assignments submitted by the students are not always done by them. A study by the education department of India proved that many parents help their children in the completion of assignments. Not only this, the projects are also copied in order to submit the same on time. Thus, we can say that it is not a reliable method to judge student capabilities.
Secondly, the examination that is taken in education institutes makes students learn the concept and also memorize the same that they have studied in their class. Moreover, these are conducted in the presence of Invigilator. That restricts students to take any external help. This shows how much grasping power does an individual have. Therefore, this can be considered as a more reliable method of testing one’s ability.
To conclude, looking at the discussion it is clear that advantages of formal testing outweigh the advantages of testing by assignments and projects. I believe the method should be implied across the globe and it can be predicted that many countries will adopt this way of assessment because of its effectiveness.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, first, firstly, look, moreover, second, secondly, so, therefore, thus, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 10.5418719212 152% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 6.10837438424 147% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 8.36945812808 72% => OK
Relative clauses : 9.0 5.94088669951 151% => OK
Pronoun: 28.0 20.9802955665 133% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 36.0 31.9359605911 113% => OK
Nominalization: 13.0 5.75862068966 226% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1368.0 1207.87684729 113% => OK
No of words: 272.0 242.827586207 112% => OK
Chars per words: 5.02941176471 5.00649968141 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.06108636974 3.92707691288 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.8850433872 2.71678728327 106% => OK
Unique words: 144.0 139.433497537 103% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.529411764706 0.580463131201 91% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 431.1 379.143842365 114% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.57093596059 102% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 4.6157635468 173% => OK
Article: 5.0 1.56157635468 320% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 0.0 1.71428571429 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 0.931034482759 0% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 3.65517241379 55% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 12.6551724138 126% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 20.5024630542 83% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 40.9540519973 50.4703680194 81% => OK
Chars per sentence: 85.5 104.977214359 81% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.0 20.9669160288 81% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.875 7.25397266985 81% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.12807881773 97% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.33497536946 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 6.9802955665 86% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 0.0 2.75862068966 0% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 10.0 2.91625615764 343% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.166651311465 0.242375264174 69% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0542698655895 0.0925447433944 59% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0579301976984 0.071462118173 81% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0994287824372 0.151781067708 66% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0501530771038 0.0609392437508 82% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.8 12.6369458128 85% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 54.22 53.1260098522 102% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 6.54236453202 135% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 10.9458128079 90% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.6 11.5310837438 101% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.54 8.32886699507 103% => OK
difficult_words: 70.0 55.0591133005 127% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 9.94827586207 80% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.3980295567 85% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.5123152709 86% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 55.5555555556 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 50.0 Out of 90
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