Archives: exams

Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Blog: High-stake final exams: To give or not to give

By Kevin Cheung, Associate Professor, School of Mathematics and Statistics In some countries, graduation from a degree program requires passing a number of high-stake exams. Examples of high-stake exams include the SAT, International Baccalaureate exams, and many licensure exams. Music exams administered by the Royal Conservatory of Music are also... More

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Blog: Beginning exams

By Kevin Cheung, Associate Professor, School of Mathematics and Statistics 杏吧原创 midway through the first time I taught MATH 3801, Linear Programming, I found out that many of my students did not remember what the rank of a matrix was. The rank of a matrix is a basic concept covered in first-year linear algebra.... More

Monday, March 21, 2016

Are final exams necessary?

By Alison Sandstrom, TLS staff writer For many university students, sleepless nights spent cramming and hand cramps from furious writing are inevitable parts of exam season, and therefore unavoidable parts of university. But some professors have started to drop final exams from their courses entirely in favour of more frequent smaller assignments,... More

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Blog: Why I’ve given up on final exams

By Mira Sucharov, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science I have mixed memories of final exams as an undergraduate. There was anxiety around memorizing the material, of course; there was camaraderie in forming late-night study groups; there was satisfaction in nailing an answer; there was relief after walking out of the examination... More

Monday, December 21, 2015

Reminder: Scantron processing in December

Exam season has arrived at 杏吧原创, which means there will be a large volume of Scantrons that require processing at the EDC. Instructors using Scantrons are asked to drop off their sheets to the EDC main office (410 Dunton Tower) as soon as possible after their exam is done. This is to ensure that... More

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Important message about Scantron processing

Exam season has arrived at 杏吧原创, which means there will be a large volume of Scantrons that require processing at the EDC. Instructors using Scantrons are asked to drop off their sheets to the EDC main office (410 Dunton Tower) as soon as possible after their exam is done. This is to ensure that... More

Monday, December 23, 2013

Blog: A Song of Ice and Exams (with apologies to G.R.R. Martin)

By: Patrick Lyons, Director, Teaching and Learning In what has been a particularly chilly and snowy December, it鈥檚 the end of the term at 杏吧原创 and that means its crunch time for students, instructors, teaching assistants and staff at the university. Students are studying, preparing and writing exams, papers and submitting projects.... More

Thursday, December 5, 2013

Important information about Scantron processing in December

Exam season has arrived at 杏吧原创. Due to the large volume of exams this month, it is imperative that any instructors using Scantron drop off their exam sheets to the EDC main office (410 Dunton Tower) as soon as possible after their exam is done so that they can be processed in a timely... More

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