Many people believe that formal “pen and paper” examinations are not the best method of assessing educational achievement.

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Traditional examinations with pen and paper play an important part in measuring the academic results in educational settings. In our society with the

development education

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development, education

system, many people have the belief that

this

method is not always the best option. In my opinion, they should not only base on pen and paper test to evaluate students’ results. It

can not

cannot

be denied that traditional exams is (are) necessary for education purposes. Due to the fact that the formal

exams

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exam

results will determine the scores and ranks of students in the class, they will try their best not only to avoid falling but

also

to gain good results. Students

also

have to learn how to arrange their ideas in logical systems.

In addition

, formal "pen and paper" examinations create fairness to all students. To explain

this,

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, this test

this

test

require

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requires

students to take it under supervision of examiners and under the same conditions.

Therefore

, cheating can be lessened as much as possible. On the other hands, ‘’pen and paper’’ exam

can not

cannot

be taken as the best method to access the results of students. Each student tends to reveal their intelligence in different ways. To clarify, some students are better at lingual performance rather than

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writing. Others have the advantages in art

such

as singing or dancing, or they are good at physical field like sports.

Hence

, the diversity of types of examination would help student be confident to expose their talents and adapt well to the real working environment. In conclusion,

although

“pen and paper” examinations can to some extent evaluate students’ performance, I believe that the variety of types of examinations

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are

more vital

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most vital

in the modern time.

Submitted by Bao Tram on Fri Jul 10 2020

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