Debate Piece This house believes school exams be replaced with different ways of assessing skills and knowledge?
This house believes school exams be replaced with different ways of assessing skills and knowledge?
Pros
Schools need a different way of assessing skills and knowledge, rather than using standardized tests.
Tests are biased and unfair in many ways, teaching to the test can limit creativity and dampen enthusiasm for learning.
There are different ways to show knowledge, such as oral examinations.
There is also the risk of anxiety in students.
some might sit in front of the exam and then forget everything,
If students took quizzes/tests/projects/essays to prove what they have learned maybe they wouldn't worry that much.
Not all students are smart. Some students need help and changing this might help all students pass school.
Some kids are not good at memorizing but are great at discussing and acting out a scenario.
Exams that test this sort of information do not provide an accurate reflection of the student's intellectual abilities, rather they demonstrate which students can cram better than other students.
Implementing alternative forms of assessment may allow other students to prove their own intellectual abilities in a manner that actually quantifies true intellect as opposed to memorization.
CONS
School exams should not be replaced with other ways of assessing skills and knowledge, because exams are the least subjective way of measuring skills and knowledge.
School exams are the least subjective way that a person's skills and knowledge could be measured.
People should have to take exams, because they help people learn to remember skills. Someone may be able to prove physically that they have some skills, but it makes you wonder what skills they may lack.
Good way to assess a student's capabilities.
Every educational institution will expect different things from different people. And it is up to the individual student to find ways to work around the system.
Exams are a good way of assessing skills and
Pros
Schools need a different way of assessing skills and knowledge, rather than using standardized tests.
Tests are biased and unfair in many ways, teaching to the test can limit creativity and dampen enthusiasm for learning.
There are different ways to show knowledge, such as oral examinations.
There is also the risk of anxiety in students.
some might sit in front of the exam and then forget everything,
If students took quizzes/tests/projects/essays to prove what they have learned maybe they wouldn't worry that much.
Not all students are smart. Some students need help and changing this might help all students pass school.
Some kids are not good at memorizing but are great at discussing and acting out a scenario.
Exams that test this sort of information do not provide an accurate reflection of the student's intellectual abilities, rather they demonstrate which students can cram better than other students.
Implementing alternative forms of assessment may allow other students to prove their own intellectual abilities in a manner that actually quantifies true intellect as opposed to memorization.
CONS
School exams should not be replaced with other ways of assessing skills and knowledge, because exams are the least subjective way of measuring skills and knowledge.
School exams are the least subjective way that a person's skills and knowledge could be measured.
People should have to take exams, because they help people learn to remember skills. Someone may be able to prove physically that they have some skills, but it makes you wonder what skills they may lack.
Good way to assess a student's capabilities.
Every educational institution will expect different things from different people. And it is up to the individual student to find ways to work around the system.
Exams are a good way of assessing skills and