Post AoXMLOVLdfLKTRQttI by guigsy@mstdn.social
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(DIR) Post #AoXM2jhOcAVkhlAgXQ by stux@mstdn.social
2024-11-29T14:00:10Z
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It feels a bit like recently the US was given a exam, beforehand they got the questions and the answers but still managed to fail the exam drastically
(DIR) Post #AoXMG4beC2IlJPqGtU by JeffreySmith@mastdn.social
2024-11-29T14:02:34Z
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@stux The problem is the textbook for many was written by Rupert Murdoch.
(DIR) Post #AoXMJ0NmLxLj56klXs by stux@mstdn.social
2024-11-29T14:03:08Z
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@JeffreySmith Correct! Or a lack of education in the first place (within this topic)
(DIR) Post #AoXMLOVLdfLKTRQttI by guigsy@mstdn.social
2024-11-29T14:03:36Z
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@stux also, it was a re-sit.
(DIR) Post #AoXNwBCKAyUfs8dh6O by 990000@mstdn.social
2024-11-29T14:21:27Z
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@stux it’s because 1/3 of its brain is good, 1/3 is evil, and 1/3 is stupid and random
(DIR) Post #AoXObgqLQKKztM9UCe by tirrimas@beige.party
2024-11-29T14:28:51Z
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@stux not just drastically, but ENTHUSIASTICALLY
(DIR) Post #AoXSjA5DVaUUQBvVtA by Dawilson999@sfba.social
2024-11-29T15:15:07Z
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@stux It’s a lot like England’s Brexit, only instead of leaving the E.U. our country decided to leave reality.
(DIR) Post #AoXTTpLCRfFHhWecwy by JamesLundblad@mstdn.social
2024-11-29T15:23:32Z
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@stux Cognitive Impairment Test
(DIR) Post #AoXUaH2qSIH3JahtYW by nrmacdonald@mastodon.social
2024-11-29T15:35:54Z
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@stux
(DIR) Post #AoXUcV9gxpkRemyJO4 by Nonya_Bidniss@infosec.exchange
2024-11-29T15:36:19Z
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@stux I had a university class in which it turned out a large percentage of my class was on the football team. When exams came, the instructor, without saying a word, would literally write the answers to the questions on the chalkboard. I was shocked and thought it must be some kind of trick. But it was just blatantly helping the football players cheat. It never occurred to me until now to wonder whether some of them failed anyway.
(DIR) Post #AoXUrXxYotPshLTIVk by fmhilton@mastodon.sdf.org
2024-11-29T15:38:54Z
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@stux When half the class should have been held back for their crappy grades in history and social studies, and were never taught critical thinking skills, this is what happens.
(DIR) Post #AoXzfO6EkbVTDoDCSm by PandaChronicle@ohai.social
2024-11-29T21:24:06Z
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@stux It’s fucking embarrassing, is what it is.
(DIR) Post #AoXzsTlkyxbIZQsJH6 by otownKim@toot.community
2024-11-29T21:26:25Z
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@stux @JeffreySmith 🎯
(DIR) Post #AoYLxCqXWhLcWalstE by felis_catus_domesticus@toot.io
2024-11-30T01:33:55Z
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@stux kinda like a day spent at the DMV
(DIR) Post #AoYPZFDrRLCIlEVdei by Nerde@beige.party
2024-11-30T02:14:20Z
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@stux Maybe we’ll do better when they get rid of the Dept of Education 🤷
(DIR) Post #AoYelQCtvMbHcGKCh6 by PamelaBarroway@mstdn.social
2024-11-30T05:04:37Z
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@stux Yup. *Le sigh*
(DIR) Post #AoYgQE5rxyILsG3afQ by verymetalsite@mastodon.social
2024-11-30T05:23:15Z
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@stux Even_worse
(DIR) Post #AoZDwpmgfLcuWWEzxo by jacquiharper@mastodon.world
2024-11-30T11:38:55Z
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@stux Reminds me of that time the kid failed an open-book test because he neglected to read the instructions so he didn’t know it was an open-book test
(DIR) Post #AoZQBlwCRrtoO4a0WW by adredish@neuromatch.social
2024-11-30T13:55:52Z
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@stux @inthehands Why are we surprised? I do a review before my exams where I spend the class session at the whiteboard and answer any question the students put forward. Very often, someone asks at least one of the exam questions. (They don't know what's specifically on the exam, but it's "class material", so they should be asking related questions.) One year, the entire exam got asked as questions in the review.When I first did these reviews, I was hesitant to answer the specific exam question, but then I found out that it didn't matter. It didn't matter if I answered the question completely, with all the relevant details, point by point --- the same number of students did well and the same number did poorly.(My exams are open book, open note, and open video-recorded lecture. Still a third of the students do poorly on the exams. It appears getting the good grade in the class is more related to paying attention and doing the work vs trying to BS your way through.*)* I know that it is about attention vs winging it, because every year at least one student fails the first exam, comes to office hours in deep concern, and, after being told to move to the front of the class, do the homework, ask questions, and participate, ends up with a good grade.PS. I grade exams anonymously, so I know that this is not due to me knowing which student is which.