Our ability to evaluate student learning through out-of-class writing projects is coming to an end. This doesn't just require fundamental changes to college classes, but to admissions, where the essay, and arguably GPAs, will no longer be a reliable gauge of anything.
Our ability to evaluate student learning through out-of-class writing projects is coming to an end. This doesn't just require fundamental changes to college classes, but to admissions, where the essay, and arguably GPAs, will no longer be a reliable gauge of anything.
In person, tightly proctored exams or don't bother.
@asymmetricinfo All at the same time colleges are abandoning one completely objective assessment for admissions: ACT/SAT test scores.
@asymmetricinfo I am reminded of the coming of the calculator. It was forbidden during exams for decades, until people realized that calculators were were the new normal in daily life. People *are* going to use LLMs in their lives and work. We have to find a way to acknowledge that.
@asymmetricinfo Time to get back to, put your phone and laptop away in your bag under your desk. You will find paper and pencil on your desk, when I say “begin” you may turn over your exam and start. That of course requires teachers to do the tedious work of grading…
@asymmetricinfo @hblodget Short, closed book exam with handwritten answer on a previously nominated limited topic within a subject will soon sort out who is likely to have been cheating. Or done early in a semester will provide a baseline against which to compare longer essays on other topics.
@asymmetricinfo Looks like cursive is back on the menu, boys.
@asymmetricinfo My wife teaches a senior seminar, and switched to assigning group projects done *in class*