why doesn't university give past final exams' answers
MY professors usually give solutions for part term tests. But it seems that, they never gave any solutions for the past final exams in any courses I've taken.
Anyone has the same experience? or does anyone know why it's like this? I personally believe that students could use past exam's answers to prepare for their own exams.
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MY professors usually give solutions for part term tests. But it seems that, they never gave any solutions for the past final exams in any courses I've taken.
Anyone has the same experience? or does anyone know why it's like this? I personally believe that students could use past exam's answers to prepare for their own exams.
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Even if they agree with you that distributing solutions would be educationally valuable (which not everyone would), professors have a finite amount of time, and creating solutions would take time that could potentially be spent on something more valuable.
– Nate Eldredge
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MY professors usually give solutions for part term tests. But it seems that, they never gave any solutions for the past final exams in any courses I've taken.
Anyone has the same experience? or does anyone know why it's like this? I personally believe that students could use past exam's answers to prepare for their own exams.
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MY professors usually give solutions for part term tests. But it seems that, they never gave any solutions for the past final exams in any courses I've taken.
Anyone has the same experience? or does anyone know why it's like this? I personally believe that students could use past exam's answers to prepare for their own exams.
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Even if they agree with you that distributing solutions would be educationally valuable (which not everyone would), professors have a finite amount of time, and creating solutions would take time that could potentially be spent on something more valuable.
– Nate Eldredge
58 mins ago
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Even if they agree with you that distributing solutions would be educationally valuable (which not everyone would), professors have a finite amount of time, and creating solutions would take time that could potentially be spent on something more valuable.
– Nate Eldredge
58 mins ago
Even if they agree with you that distributing solutions would be educationally valuable (which not everyone would), professors have a finite amount of time, and creating solutions would take time that could potentially be spent on something more valuable.
– Nate Eldredge
58 mins ago
Even if they agree with you that distributing solutions would be educationally valuable (which not everyone would), professors have a finite amount of time, and creating solutions would take time that could potentially be spent on something more valuable.
– Nate Eldredge
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I think this totally depends on the course or more importantly, the advisor. I've had courses where the final exams of previous years were discussed in the next years so that students learn from them.
As for why that can be the case, well, maybe the advisor intends to use similar questions and that's why they prefer not to reveal them (again, this comes from personal experience)
answered 1 hour ago
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This depends on the institution & department and potentially the instructor/course.
The last two institutions I have been at (UK) have provided solutions to past exams. One only odd numbered years, the other all years.
I'm sceptical about the value of providing solutions to past exams for studying purposes. From my experience the temptation to look at the solutions instead of struggling through the questions is often irresistible. This leads to the false impression of knowing how to solve the problems. Of course past exam solutions can be used effectively to study, for example by only using the solutions to check answers after completing the entire exam as practice. But I have rarely seen students do this.
Developing appropriate exam questions is difficult so instructors may also want to recycle past questions and therefore not provide past exams (questions or answers).
answered 56 mins ago
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They don ‘t give out those solutions as they use the questions in future exams.
If they handed out those solutions then that question bank is not longer useful.
Writing suitable questions to the correct level takes time.
They are well within their rights not to provide the solutions to those final exam questions. Those exam questions may not be officially available either.
They have provided practice questions with solutions for your benefit throughout the course.
Also, being able to solve questions without having a pre-prepared solution to refer to is a skill you need to develop.
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I think this totally depends on the course or more importantly, the advisor. I've had courses where the final exams of previous years were discussed in the next years so that students learn from them.
As for why that can be the case, well, maybe the advisor intends to use similar questions and that's why they prefer not to reveal them (again, this comes from personal experience)
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EhsanKEhsanK
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I think this totally depends on the course or more importantly, the advisor. I've had courses where the final exams of previous years were discussed in the next years so that students learn from them.
As for why that can be the case, well, maybe the advisor intends to use similar questions and that's why they prefer not to reveal them (again, this comes from personal experience)
answered 1 hour ago
EhsanKEhsanK
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I think this totally depends on the course or more importantly, the advisor. I've had courses where the final exams of previous years were discussed in the next years so that students learn from them.
As for why that can be the case, well, maybe the advisor intends to use similar questions and that's why they prefer not to reveal them (again, this comes from personal experience)
answered 1 hour ago
EhsanKEhsanK
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I think this totally depends on the course or more importantly, the advisor. I've had courses where the final exams of previous years were discussed in the next years so that students learn from them.
As for why that can be the case, well, maybe the advisor intends to use similar questions and that's why they prefer not to reveal them (again, this comes from personal experience)
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EhsanKEhsanK
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This depends on the institution & department and potentially the instructor/course.
The last two institutions I have been at (UK) have provided solutions to past exams. One only odd numbered years, the other all years.
I'm sceptical about the value of providing solutions to past exams for studying purposes. From my experience the temptation to look at the solutions instead of struggling through the questions is often irresistible. This leads to the false impression of knowing how to solve the problems. Of course past exam solutions can be used effectively to study, for example by only using the solutions to check answers after completing the entire exam as practice. But I have rarely seen students do this.
Developing appropriate exam questions is difficult so instructors may also want to recycle past questions and therefore not provide past exams (questions or answers).
answered 56 mins ago
mg4wmg4w
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This depends on the institution & department and potentially the instructor/course.
The last two institutions I have been at (UK) have provided solutions to past exams. One only odd numbered years, the other all years.
I'm sceptical about the value of providing solutions to past exams for studying purposes. From my experience the temptation to look at the solutions instead of struggling through the questions is often irresistible. This leads to the false impression of knowing how to solve the problems. Of course past exam solutions can be used effectively to study, for example by only using the solutions to check answers after completing the entire exam as practice. But I have rarely seen students do this.
Developing appropriate exam questions is difficult so instructors may also want to recycle past questions and therefore not provide past exams (questions or answers).
answered 56 mins ago
mg4wmg4w
819311
add a comment |
This depends on the institution & department and potentially the instructor/course.
The last two institutions I have been at (UK) have provided solutions to past exams. One only odd numbered years, the other all years.
I'm sceptical about the value of providing solutions to past exams for studying purposes. From my experience the temptation to look at the solutions instead of struggling through the questions is often irresistible. This leads to the false impression of knowing how to solve the problems. Of course past exam solutions can be used effectively to study, for example by only using the solutions to check answers after completing the entire exam as practice. But I have rarely seen students do this.
Developing appropriate exam questions is difficult so instructors may also want to recycle past questions and therefore not provide past exams (questions or answers).
answered 56 mins ago
mg4wmg4w
819311
This depends on the institution & department and potentially the instructor/course.
The last two institutions I have been at (UK) have provided solutions to past exams. One only odd numbered years, the other all years.
I'm sceptical about the value of providing solutions to past exams for studying purposes. From my experience the temptation to look at the solutions instead of struggling through the questions is often irresistible. This leads to the false impression of knowing how to solve the problems. Of course past exam solutions can be used effectively to study, for example by only using the solutions to check answers after completing the entire exam as practice. But I have rarely seen students do this.
Developing appropriate exam questions is difficult so instructors may also want to recycle past questions and therefore not provide past exams (questions or answers).
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They don ‘t give out those solutions as they use the questions in future exams.
If they handed out those solutions then that question bank is not longer useful.
Writing suitable questions to the correct level takes time.
They are well within their rights not to provide the solutions to those final exam questions. Those exam questions may not be officially available either.
They have provided practice questions with solutions for your benefit throughout the course.
Also, being able to solve questions without having a pre-prepared solution to refer to is a skill you need to develop.
answered 59 mins ago
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They don ‘t give out those solutions as they use the questions in future exams.
If they handed out those solutions then that question bank is not longer useful.
Writing suitable questions to the correct level takes time.
They are well within their rights not to provide the solutions to those final exam questions. Those exam questions may not be officially available either.
They have provided practice questions with solutions for your benefit throughout the course.
Also, being able to solve questions without having a pre-prepared solution to refer to is a skill you need to develop.
answered 59 mins ago
Solar MikeSolar Mike
15.9k62756
add a comment |
They don ‘t give out those solutions as they use the questions in future exams.
If they handed out those solutions then that question bank is not longer useful.
Writing suitable questions to the correct level takes time.
They are well within their rights not to provide the solutions to those final exam questions. Those exam questions may not be officially available either.
They have provided practice questions with solutions for your benefit throughout the course.
Also, being able to solve questions without having a pre-prepared solution to refer to is a skill you need to develop.
answered 59 mins ago
Solar MikeSolar Mike
15.9k62756
They don ‘t give out those solutions as they use the questions in future exams.
If they handed out those solutions then that question bank is not longer useful.
Writing suitable questions to the correct level takes time.
They are well within their rights not to provide the solutions to those final exam questions. Those exam questions may not be officially available either.
They have provided practice questions with solutions for your benefit throughout the course.
Also, being able to solve questions without having a pre-prepared solution to refer to is a skill you need to develop.
answered 59 mins ago
Solar MikeSolar Mike
15.9k62756
answered 59 mins ago
Solar MikeSolar Mike
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