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4 Feb 2022: sciences considered that this year’s exams reflected the overall difficulties with moving practicals. ... without online proctoring), retained handwritten exams which were scanned by the student and.

20 Jun 2024: Allows engagement when convenient. Changes in response to feedback:. Exam questions per topic made student-facing. ... https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/cambridge-students-fake-adhd-to-get-more-time-in-exams-cqws0gn92. Hull, L., Petrides, K. V., Allison,

13 Sep 2022: Whilst, of course, some exam stress is natural, the alarmingly high-stakes format of these exams has a disproportionately deleterious effect on student wellbeing. ... Assessment practices that are not traditional exams - i.e., diversified assessment

24 Feb 2021: us through the Exam Results Analytics, we discovered that the attainment gap was actually wider for. ... be represented in the Exam Results Analytics). In the last academic year there were 12 black British students,.

29 Jun 2021: On top of this Elizabeth is deeply involved in improving the Clinical School’s assessment processes, developing for example the innovative Structured Essay Question paper for the Final MB exam.”. ... Faculty of Economics, Selwyn College.

4 Mar 2022: The provision of alternatives to exams on all courses was strongly supported as a solution to this problem. ... More than half indicated that they would choose non-exam based assessment over exams, were they given the choice by their Faculty, believing

13 Sep 2022: Instead, participants seemed to point to the social-economic background as another factor that contributes to these huge awarding gaps. ... not want to disadvantage my students in their preparation for exams.” (Staff, Arts/Humanities).

20 Sep 2022: education, socio-economic background or other intersecting variables including gender. In Cambridge, the Business Information Team1 (BIT, 2020) undertook detailed statistical analyses of. ... was identified as a key cause for differences in progression).

2 Mar 2021: The provision of alternatives to. exams on all courses was strongly supported as a solution to this problem. ... More than half indicated that they. would choose non-exam based assessment over exams, were they given the choice by their Faculty, believing.

24 Feb 2021: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. Sen, A. (1993) Does business ethics make economic sense? ... However, numerous reports (13%) describe the frustration of adjustments being entirely exam-based.

24 Feb 2021: of disability, gender, ethnicity, socio-economic background or sexuality. Inclusive methods, while. ... example a 3 hour timed written exam, is only justifiable as the only appropriate mode of.

7 Oct 2016: Professor Mary Beard was one of two speakers invited to share her thoughts on exams.

15 Dec 2020: So far, conversations about diversified assessment have largely focused on how the current exam system structurally disadvantages disabled students. ... Moving on from the format of the exam, we should further consider: are exams really the best way to

5 Jul 2024: prof-phillip-dawson"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="campl-scale-with-grid" ... sites/www.cctl.cam.ac.uk/files/styles/inline/public/exams.jpg?itok=QoimaVvP" alt="A person writing in a book at a table with coffee and papers"

29 Jun 2021: In a competitive AHSS category, Dr Kitov's efforts to use formative assessment to deliver improved learning outcomes in the context of the problem-based Economics Tripos received a special commendation

22 Jan 2024: There were multiple instances of respondents intending to return to exams and/or consider the format of exams, and specifically in two cases ‘closed-book exam[s]’ and/or in-person ... The same respondent also suggested using monitored computer rooms

15 Sep 2021: impact on both mental health and on academic attainment, whether disabled students are disadvantaged by the current structure of exams, and the short- and long-term changes that must be made

15 Sep 2021: Report: Assessment Guidance Project (PDF). Assessments are always a source of stress for students, particularly at Cambridge where there is an emphasis on high-stakes exams at the end of every

13 Sep 2022: However, there was no consensus: the burden of designing new assessments and perhaps teaching approaches, the plethora of ways students learn versus the simplicity of a traditional exam, and proving academic

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