{"id":3724,"title":"Solution 1 - Traditional Exams","advertisement_flag":false,"content":"\n\u003cp\u003eYou should spend about 40 minutes on this task. \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDuring last twenty years, the assessment of students has undergone a major transformation. Many educational institutions have shifted their focus from traditional examination towards a variety of innovative assessment techniques, as they believe traditional examination results are not often true to student’s ability.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo what extent do you agree with this belief? \u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGive reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"/d/361-1-ielts-writing-traditional-examination-not-true-student-ability\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eSolution 1\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"/d/361-2-ielts-writing-traditional-examination-not-true-student-ability\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eSolution 2\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"/d/361-3-ielts-writing-traditional-examination-not-true-student-ability\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eSolution 3\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","created_at":"2020-02-29T16:00:33.000Z","author_name":"Bob","tag_groups":["ielts-writing-part-2|IELTS Writing Part 2|false","ielts-writing-agree-or-disagree|IELTS Writing Agree Or Disagree|false","ielts-writing|IELTS Writing|false","ielts-academic-writing|IELTS Academic Writing|false"],"author_id":1,"slug":"361-1-ielts-writing-traditional-examination-not-true-student-ability","parent_id":null,"visits":440,"likes":4,"image":null}
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During last twenty years, the assessment of students has undergone a major transformation. Many educational institutions have shifted their focus from traditional examination towards a variety of innovative assessment techniques, as they believe traditional examination results are not often true to student’s ability.
To what extent do you agree with this belief?
Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.
The traditional way of assessing students through paper-based exams has changed over the last two decades and many institutions are now focusing more on introducing innovative assessment techniques. The transformation is essential for proper evaluation and will help students become successful in the future. I believe the old system of evaluating pupils is flawed and often misguided.
To begin with, formal examination, in many cases, does not reflect the true knowledge and ability of a student. For instance, any student can pass a conventional exam with a good score by memorizing some questions, facts and formulas without really understanding them or knowing the exact use of them in practical life. It not only hampers their learning but also makes them incompetent in their jobs when they need to apply those formulas to solve bigger problems. Moreover, paper-based exams allow students to cheat and pass it without even studying hard.
On the contrary, unconventional forms of evaluation such as presentation, sudden quiz, group assignment, open book exam etc. appraise student’s ability in a more accurate way. When a student gives a presentation in front of other students and teachers, it not only represents their creativity and presentation skills but also helps them become confident. The sudden tests keep the student updated with the class lecture. Also, the open book exam is a good technique to judge a student’s understanding of the basic. From my experience, I can say that I had to study more and needed to understand the concept clearly for attending the open book exam because I had no clue from where the teacher was going to make a question. These approaches scrutinize a learner’s creativity, knowledge depth, reasoning ability to use them in the real world.
To conclude, the educational institutions should not adhere to the old dogma and invite innovation, be it in teaching methods or assessing students.
