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There seems to be an increasing trend towards assessing students through exams rather than through continual assessment. What are the advantages and disadvantages of exams as a form of assessment?

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Recently, the system of evaluating students has grown over exams rather than continuous
assessment
. In my opinion, I believe that it is better to assess students over continual
assessment
instead
 of having exams during the term. There are several benefits and drawbacks that result from
such
 an approach. The disadvantage of exams as a form of
assessment
 is that some learners feel st
rains o
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the strains
f the atmosphere of exams even, they are excellent students on a usual day with the tutor.
For example
, I'm a student who feels extremely nervous during the exams, and
this
 affects negatively on my grades.
In addition
, the way to assign grades to questions is too high that causes examiners to
lose m
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lose
ultiple scores. By
this
 I mean, some teachers assign a question scored ten, so if students have mistaken in two or three questions, they will lose around 30 scores to get a low grade.
Moreover
, some schools follow a method that students have two exams in a same da
y which i
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day, which
nclude five units and ten chapters for each unit. As re
sult o
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a result
f
this
, maybe
this
 will due to fail students in several subjects.
On the other hand
, the advantage of having exams as a type of assessing students is that the student-level will show when the teacher is unfair with student grades because they are embarrassed or mi
sbehavior i
improper or wicked or immoral behavior
misbehaviour
n the class.
For instance
, one of my colleagues is too shy and quiet in the class, but her grades determine her level on
t
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of
he exams because she gets full marks every time. Another advantage of exams used as an
assessment
 is that they assist students to be more organized and bearing the responsibility of what they have to do daily of studying and finish the project on time
thus
 will help them to obtain high grades. In conclusion, assessing students through exams have both advantages and disadvantages for students.
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