Word: exam
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...only major educational issue on which Carson attacked the CCA was "the old political football." After the CCA required that an exam be taken by all candidates for the headmaster-ship of City schools, Carson alleged the organization's majority refused (for other reasons) to recognize a Mr. Sweeny, a non-local man who topped the exam. "I would relinquish the prerogative that the School Committee has over candidates once they have passed the exam," he emphasized...
Except for the ritual of the exam, the student is asked to respond to course work primarily in the one long paper, scheduled after the end of the lecture part of the course. Until then, he just glides along, listening, taking notes, reading, taking more notes, passively ingesting knowledge, never asked for the evidence of his personal involvement in his education. Only after the lectures are over and the course is at an end is the student asked to report on what he thought, how he felt...
...Brower's course papers are shorter, and assigned at frequent intervals during the term -- thus fostering student involvement in the issues of the course, at the time that the material is being considered in lectures, rather than during reading period or exam period. When the student is given incentives to read and write about what his professor is discussing in lecture, there is a renewal of the dialogue...
...continuous interaction described here. The problem is more than one of more men and more money, hjowever. Graders in courses without sections must be encouraged to conceive of their role in more generous terms than they have in the past. They must do more than record paper and exam grades; in short, must be willing to talk to students. Given a ration of about one grader for every 25 or so students, more papers could be assigned. Before writing each paper, students would be urged to visit a grader to discuss their proposed topics...
Peace Corps officials said last week that the Corps qualifying examination would undoubtedly be given at the University again in the near future. Last Thursday 23 candidates showed up for the examination in Memorial Hall; 28 students took the exam Friday...