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1、Thereshouldbegreaterflexibilityinformsormethodsofassessmentatuniversityeducation Introduction Asanincreasingnumberofstudentsarestudyingatuniversitylevel.Moreandmoreresearcherspaycloseattentiontothisaswellastheformsofassessment.Universitiesacrossthe
2、globehaveavarietyofmethods.Differentmethodsofassessmentaccomplishdistinctaims,andstudentsshouldbetestedwithdifferentformsofassessmentsaccordingtotheirlearningstyles. TheaimsofUniversityeducation Theaimsofuniversityeducationaretodevelopstudents’skil
3、lsforlearningandassistthemtoimmersethemselvesdeeplyinsociety(Swain,2011).Intheearlystagesofuniversity,studentsareexpectedtolearntheprofessionalknowledgeinthefieldtheystudyin,andinthefinalyear,universitywillgivestudentsopportunitiestoapplyfortheintern
4、shipatpopularcompaniesororganisations.Thoseworkexperienceswillhavebeneficialeffectsonthestudents’careerdevelopmentandhelpthemtoadapttosocietyeasieraftergraduation. Variousformsormethodsofassessmentachievedifferentpurpose 1.Traditionalwrittenassessm
5、ents: Mostuniversitiesusetraditionalwrittenassessmentsasmethodstoevaluatestudents,includingopen-bookandclosed-bookfinalexams,essaysandreports.Thosemethodsalwayshelpstudentsgainspeculativeknowledgeandpracticalskills.Asanexample,open-bookexamsinvolves
6、tudentstocomprehendthefundamentalmeaningofthesubjectbeforetheexamination.Closed-bookexamsrequirestudentstolearnthepreciseideasfromtextbooksandtheirownnotes.Bycomparingthesetwotypesofexaminationmethods,open-bookexamsarerelativelylessstressedthantheclo
7、sed-booksonesbecausestudentscantaketextbooksandreferencebookstotheexamination(Le,Tam,2007). 2.Practice-orientated: Anotherformofassessmentispractice-orientated,whichincludespresentation,seminarandproblem-basedassignment.Theseformsofassessmentencour
8、agestudentstodeveloptheirpracticalskillsandguidethemonhowtousespeculativeknowledge.Forinstance,problem-basedassignmentassistsstudentstopromotetheirinnovativeproblemsolvingskills.Presentationandseminarareanimportantpartofpromotingstudents’communicatio
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