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Why does academia like to give long tests crammed into an hour and 10 minutes

>> No.5768852

Why don't you like what you do?

>> No.5768896

>>5768841
If you have the knowledge incrustated into your brain, then the test should be quick to be solved.

>> No.5768898

>>5768841
Why can't you study the material and do well on the tests proving you know the material and are not retarded?

>> No.5768900

No.

>> No.5769079

2 explanations

1) Theyre sadists and just enjoy watching you suffer

2) They forget what its like to be a student and honestly dont know how to teach that well

>> No.5769086

>>5768841
Because it is the best way to test your understand of the material.

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>> No.5769097

they want you to know the material to the point where you don't have to think about the answer when writing it down.

>> No.5769115

>>5769097
Exactly. It's not about how much you learned and can create stuff. It's just conditioning you to be a calculus machine, that's what technical school is all about.

>> No.5769123

>>5769115
>It's just conditioning you to be a calculus machine, that's what technical school is all about.

why do we fucking allow this? it seems like math education is stuck at the 1930s level "hurr whats a calculator, whats wolfram alpha?"

>> No.5769137

>an hour and 10 minutes
What? My tests last between 2 and 4 hours depending on the subject.
You can't do shit in 1 hour.

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5769149

>>5769137
>>5768841
My tests last between 4-5 hours. I completely understand why though. I actually need that time to answer the questions (Phd Physics). Sometime I even need more time.

I don't see anything with this. It is the best way to determine if a student knows the material well.

You need to stop sweating the small stuff kid.

>> No.5769226

>>5768841

> 1 hour

When I took my bachelor, they were all between 4 and 8 hours.

>> No.5769781

>>5769123
All education is stuck in the pre internet era, not only the issue of memorization but also the teaching methods in general.

I often read, that its better in scandinavia, but in most other parts its memorization, quick solving of a mass of equations, conditioning etc.

No room for real problem solving and creativity.

>> No.5769800

>>5769086
Projects involving a deep knowledge of the subject and one's own interpretation of it are far better but more difficult to grade, hence you're really just working for the teacher's wellbeing and not your own