This should be normal and encouraged in education. Schools at every level should have students display mastery of the material before moving on to the next topic. Taking an exam once and performing poorly indicates the student didn’t understand the material and should continue studying and practicing until they can demonstrate they have mastered the concepts.
Failing an exam and then moving on to the next item in thecurriculum is a disservice to the student, the teacher, and to the entire goal of education.
Yes and no. Exams are just snapshots and do not properly represent the knowledge a student has when taking the exam imo.
A student could have a blackout or suffer from anxiety and thus might not perform adequately and fail as a result despite knowing what’s being tested.
Grading performance is a whole other issue in and of itself and I don’t think it’s a good way to test someone’s knowledge on a topic; unfortunately, most schools, universities etc. are very archaic and don’t go with the times, so they’re stuck in decade-old thinking that’s been proven to not be effective.
But if I have to choose between being able to retake an exam and just outright failing it, I’m definitely in favour of retakes. I would even go one step further and let people retake exams as often as they need to (within reason). Limiting it to three times is very arbitrary, for example, and might just add more stress to an already stressful exam situation.
I was on the verge of failing my Bachelor’s degree, despite already having written my thesis and getting a good grade, just because I didn’t get micro- and macro-economics and had to pass both on my third tries. Imagine if I were just given proper time to prepare without needing to stress about passing in an arbitrary amount of tries.
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Hot take:
This should be normal and encouraged in education. Schools at every level should have students display mastery of the material before moving on to the next topic. Taking an exam once and performing poorly indicates the student didn’t understand the material and should continue studying and practicing until they can demonstrate they have mastered the concepts.
Failing an exam and then moving on to the next item in thecurriculum is a disservice to the student, the teacher, and to the entire goal of education.
Yes and no. Exams are just snapshots and do not properly represent the knowledge a student has when taking the exam imo.
A student could have a blackout or suffer from anxiety and thus might not perform adequately and fail as a result despite knowing what’s being tested.
Grading performance is a whole other issue in and of itself and I don’t think it’s a good way to test someone’s knowledge on a topic; unfortunately, most schools, universities etc. are very archaic and don’t go with the times, so they’re stuck in decade-old thinking that’s been proven to not be effective.
But if I have to choose between being able to retake an exam and just outright failing it, I’m definitely in favour of retakes. I would even go one step further and let people retake exams as often as they need to (within reason). Limiting it to three times is very arbitrary, for example, and might just add more stress to an already stressful exam situation.
I was on the verge of failing my Bachelor’s degree, despite already having written my thesis and getting a good grade, just because I didn’t get micro- and macro-economics and had to pass both on my third tries. Imagine if I were just given proper time to prepare without needing to stress about passing in an arbitrary amount of tries.