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

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is a vital part of

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roper assessment as it creates a very important effect on the

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’s mental ability. Continual evaluation is important for learning but to create a serious vibe among students exams play a very effective role. The need for taking exams has lots of benefits. For the better appraisal of students of

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particular criteria exams take a great part. Not every

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is interested to learn new things through regular activities. Rather they feel serious when exams impose to them and with the pressure of exam

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they came to learn a lot of new things that may not be learned by them if examinations are not organized. As exams decide a proper benchmark whether the

student

pass or fail; most of the

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shows more effort to sit in an exam. The regular feedback of

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finds out the shortcoming of a

student

to improve that in the future. Not only finding the limitations but

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find out the strategy that could

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in the exams can be build up if the assessment

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done through an

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system.

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there are few drawbacks of exams which can be described in

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sense. Sometimes exams

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a lot of pressure which is harmful

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the creativity of a

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. Forced judgment can hinder the actual knowledge of

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students. The base of exams are so formal and structured that few students find it difficult to cope up with the pattern.

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some of the students miss

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for some fundamental issues and they cannot get back the result which makes them frustrated. The process to appraise a

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should contain the proper balance including the

examination

and other learning activities so that every type of

student

can have a balanced education system and get a proper assessment result.