Yes and no. Exams are just snapshots and do not properly represent the knowledge a student has when taking the exam imo.
A student could have a blackout or suffer from anxiety and thus might not perform adequately and fail as a result despite knowing what’s being tested.
Grading performance is a whole other issue in and of itself and I don’t think it’s a good way to test someone’s knowledge on a topic; unfortunately, most schools, universities etc. are very archaic and don’t go with the times, so they’re stuck in decade-old thinking that’s been proven to not be effective.
But if I have to choose between being able to retake an exam and just outright failing it, I’m definitely in favour of retakes. I would even go one step further and let people retake exams as often as they need to (within reason). Limiting it to three times is very arbitrary, for example, and might just add more stress to an already stressful exam situation.
I was on the verge of failing my Bachelor’s degree, despite already having written my thesis and getting a good grade, just because I didn’t get micro- and macro-economics and had to pass both on my third tries. Imagine if I were just given proper time to prepare without needing to stress about passing in an arbitrary amount of tries.
Yes and no. Exams are just snapshots and do not properly represent the knowledge a student has when taking the exam imo.
A student could have a blackout or suffer from anxiety and thus might not perform adequately and fail as a result despite knowing what’s being tested.
Grading performance is a whole other issue in and of itself and I don’t think it’s a good way to test someone’s knowledge on a topic; unfortunately, most schools, universities etc. are very archaic and don’t go with the times, so they’re stuck in decade-old thinking that’s been proven to not be effective.
But if I have to choose between being able to retake an exam and just outright failing it, I’m definitely in favour of retakes. I would even go one step further and let people retake exams as often as they need to (within reason). Limiting it to three times is very arbitrary, for example, and might just add more stress to an already stressful exam situation.
I was on the verge of failing my Bachelor’s degree, despite already having written my thesis and getting a good grade, just because I didn’t get micro- and macro-economics and had to pass both on my third tries. Imagine if I were just given proper time to prepare without needing to stress about passing in an arbitrary amount of tries.