Some thoughts, mainly random rantings. I was 23 when I started this blog, and as time goes on some thoughts will remain the same, some views may change when I am no longer the observer but actually the performer, in this play that is life. These thoughts simply reflect a bit of the chaos that plays through my mind every day as I take a moment to observe the little details that I encounter along my path.

Wednesday, February 22, 2006

Musing

I hate multiple choice exams,
In the real world one has to sit and think about the problem at hand and then formulate their own possible choices and then select the best one, not choose from a list of already made choices.
In my view multiple choice exams are building the road to a future generation of functional illiterates. One should be evaluated on their ability to think, not guess.

okies 2h later...
so I wanted to continue, yeah there are pros to MC tests, like ease of grading, trick questions, forcing one to think harder etc
I'm tired now

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

One should be evaluated on their ability to think, not guess.

Precisely. That's why we had negative marking for each wrong answer in the multiple choice questions back in my undergrad days.

Would you go for that kinda system? :D