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..., 8:47 am, v4vijayakumar <vijayakumar.subbu...@gmail.com> wrote: What is the rationale behind essay type questions in exams? Isn't it possible to test the candidate only through choose-the-... often have files of test questions that tend to get re-cycled. As Zinnic says: the essay answers can show understanding that is beyond memorization. The profs too would seemingly prefer multi-choice ...

On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:47:04 -0700, v4vijayakumar wrote: What is the rationale behind essay type questions in exams? Isn't it possible to test the candidate only through choose-the-best, or fill- in-the-blanks type questions? Written testing outside of this 'essay type' is to save the grader time and to make it possible for computers to grade.

On Apr 29, 7:47 am, v4vijayakumar <vijayakumar.subbu...@gmail.com> wrote: What is the rationale behind essay type questions in exams? Isn't it possible to test the candidate only through choose-the-best, or ...> in-the-blanks type questions? IMO the multiple choice and fill-in questions test how much information is possessed. Essay type questions test the ability to use that information!

What is the rationale behind essay type questions in exams? Isn't it possible to test the candidate only through choose-the-best, or fill- in-the-blanks type questions?

While i can not boast of having entirely read or understood Crowley's "An Essay In Ontology" i append his opening and closing remarks as an example of it. Complete text to be... of the Alles. (Cf. Max Müller on the metaphysical Nirvana, in his Dhammapada, Introductory Essay.) The Buddhists express no opinion. [serious, massive snippage] Nobody any longer supposes that any means ...

... believe that is exactly 100%% right. so, whether it is a matter of inductive reasoning, which is limited by the problem of unencountered observations that i discussed in the essay i wrote, or deductive reasoning, which is limited by the choice of alternative axioms under godel's theorem, the scenario is still the same: we make our little models of reality and then...

... it. i believe that is exactly 100%% right. so, whether it is a matter of inductive reasoning, which is limited by the problem of unencountered observations that i discussed in the essay i wrote, or deductive reasoning, which is limited by the choice of alternative axioms under godel's theorem, the scenario is still the same: we make our little models of reality and then they...

...use to model it. i believe that is exactly 100%% right. so, whether it is a matter of inductive reasoning, which is limited by the problem of unencountered observations that i discussed in the essay i wrote, or deductive reasoning, which is limited by the choice of alternative axioms under godel's theorem, the scenario is still the same: we make our little models of reality and then they ...

Hey all I just wanted to get your thoughts and opinions on my essay. http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dfrp7npp_0hrg95g thanks!