Questions tagged [exams]
This tag is intended for questions about exams as viewed from the point of view of an instructor.
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What are good strategies to teach mathematics course to MSc students who have average knowledge of previous concepts?
I am teaching a course to MSc mathematics students at a university. This is my first time teaching. Due to online teaching in their undergraduate courses during Covid, the level of the students is ...
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Formative alternative to midterms for a large class
What is an effective, efficient, formative alternative to traditional midterm exams for a large introductory service course? Constraints No TAs to grade weekly assignments or run weekly exercise ...
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Finding a grading system that balances professors grade and other students points [closed]
I'm not an educator in math, and that's probably why I can't wrap my head around this problem, but I think the general question and challange will fit. I'm an educator in design (postgraduate level) ...
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How can I distribute an exam to a large class without a lockdown broswer such as Respondus/Proctorio?
I teach math in a small college with small endowment; we do not have lots of budget to go around. When giving a test to a large class, ideally one should print out the problem sheets ahead of time and ...
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Would you correct grading mistakes downwards if there is a mistake in grading?
In a recent exam, I give student a true or false question asking them to decide if a statement is true. After the grades have been published, a student pointed out that I misread the statement and ...
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How to assess students in real analysis?
Terence Tao says the following in the preface to his book Analysis I: With regard to examinations for a course based on this text, I would recommend either an open-book, open-notes examination with ...
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Effectiveness of Requiring Students to Repeat Proofs Presented in Class
In teaching mathematics, I've avoided asking students to replicate proofs I've demonstrated in class, believing this approach primarily tests memorization rather than understanding or critical ...
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Strategies for Fair Assessment in Mixed-Ability Undergraduate Math Classes
In my undergraduate courses (discrete math, linear algebra), students' backgrounds vary significantly. One group has a strong math foundation from high school, while the other, less prepared, ...
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Strategies for Designing Challenging Yet Feasible Quiz Problems for Upper-Level Math Courses
In the past semester, I taught two 7-week courses: discrete math and algorithms designs (which is essentially still math) for undergraduate CS students. I implemented weekly 25-minute quizzes ...
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Loaning students calculators during exams
Context: I am an associate professor at a small liberal arts institution in the US. I find in my introductory business math course that students sometimes fail to buy a calculator for the course, ...
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I'm in dilemma while solving arithmetic problems [closed]
I'm competitive exam student learning Quantative aptitude what should i choose over solving more questions and skipping the one i can't solve or spending hours on one question till i solve it and then ...
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In math exams, how rigorous should the questions be?
We have theoretical questions in our exams (often in ABCD format). For example, I can state the question: For an indefinite integral, does it hold that $\int f(g(x)) \cdot g'(x) \, dx = \int f(x) ...
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Assigning essays in take home exams
I was talking to a college student I know who is currently taking linear algebra. He told me that during his take home midterm/final exams he was assigned essay questions, which surprised me quite a ...
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Learning, exams, math degree
I have only passed the one fourth of my courses so far, which means like one year of the maths undergraduate studies. I live in a different place from where the university i study at is and try to ...
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Point Deductions - Exams and Quizzes
With regard to an undergraduate statistics course, I am developing a standardized list of point deductions with the TAs (doctoral students) so that graders are consistent in what they are taking off ...
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