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Originally Posted by MrL_JaKiri
Surely being "elitist" (as you put it) would mean that it is biased towards the best, in which case it does show a person's true knowledge of the subject.
Exams are the best way to test knowledge. It's as simple as that.
What else would you use? Coursework? That's even more skewed to "more work = better mark", and in any case you can never be sure what kind of outside influences affect the end result, let alone whether the candidate wrote it themselves.
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Your quite correct about exams being the best way to test knowledge, but can never show if a student has truely understood whats going on. It's very easy to remember some statistics and facts and regurgitate those during an exam. Not everyone can do themselves justice in an exam enviroment. I'd much rather see more monitored coursework with small tests to accompany them.
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