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

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Nowadays, whether schools or universities, it can be seen that they are using tests as an assessment for
students
' knowledge more than continuous assessment.
This
 method can benefit
students
 in some ways,
for example
,
students
 will know their weaknesses in each
subject
,
however
,
this
 could
also
 have some disadvantages for the
students
. To start with, not only can
exams
 make the
students
 know their abilities in every
subject
, but they can
also
 help the
students
 to know which
subject
 they should improve. Since the
students
 will get to know their scores, they will know which
subject
 they are good or bad at,
then
 they will know what to do in the
next
exams
.
For example
, they will know that the
subject
 they should read
first
 is the one that they are not good at it so they will have time to learn and try to understand
this
subject
 more.
On the contrary
, the
exams
 can cause
students
 to have stress, they will always anxiously think that whether they will pass or fail the
exams
. Another disadvantage is that the time when the
students
 have to prepare for the
exams
 could make
students
' mental health worsen. Both disadvantages are not tiny problems because they can make
students
 have depression and when they cannot cope with these situations anymore, it will lead them to commit suicide.
For instance
, we could sometimes see in the news that there are
students
 jumping off the balcony, due to stress about their studies for the upcoming exam. In conclusion, teachers are more likely to test their
students
' knowledge by the
exams
 which make the
students
 understand more about their capabilities,
in contrast
, these can
also
 make
students
 stressed as they will always think that they must pass the
exams
.
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The easiest paragraph to write in an essay is the conclusion paragraph. This is because the paragraph mostly contains information that has already been presented in the essay – it is just the repetition of some information written in the introduction paragraph and supporting paragraphs.

The conclusion paragraph only has 3 sentences:

  • Summary
  • Restatement of thesis
  • Prediction or recommendation

Example:

To summarize, a robotic teacher does not have the necessary disciple to properly give instructions to students and actually works to retard the ability of a student to comprehend new lessons. Therefore, it is clear that the idea of running a classroom completely by a machine cannot be supported. After thorough analysis on this subject, it is predicted that the adverse effects of the debate over technology-driven teaching will always be greater than the positive effects, and because of this, classroom teachers will never be substituted for technology.

Start your conclusion with a linking phrase. Here are some examples:

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  • Finally
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