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A Lot of controversies have trailed the assertion as to whether examination is the true test of knowledge. What is your take

Statistically analysis of past exams to determine highest probability questions with variance from other years can get you 80+% of the questions. If parrots knew how to write they would all have phds.

This is a pure con game in par with fiat. The goal isn't to educate you... or if you see education as being like a service dog it's great.

Who has the knowledge? The dog or the wolf?

I know. Do you?

Examination is to test the knowledge acquired from what the students have been taught over a period of time. If examination will be a true test of knowledge,some factors need to be considered, the competency and qualifications of the teachers, tutors, lecturers...etc so as to ascertain if the students will be taught the required subjects with the required experience and Quality . There is also need to consider the environment where pupils, students learn or are been taught, will a pupil learn comfortable learning in a class sitting on the floor or on a mat on the ground in hot sun under the tree, will a student learn when taught by the lecturers in a jam packed class? So there are need to put a lot of things in order, If all and other conditions are meet including having a standard library with Books available for students to consult for further understanding of what is been taught and Laboratory , and the students are really drill by giving them constant continuous assessment tests and assignments, it will be discover that most of the  students will perform excellently, good  and above average. And  then can i  be able to  agree that examination is the true  test of  knowledge, if not, our medial doctors will not be  able to graduate and treat a patient and other, if the examination they wrote was not a true test of knowledge of what they are taught and practicals inclusive. Also other professions like;Teachers, engineering, Pilots...etc. all under go examination before graduating  as a result of satisfying the examiners based on their knowledge.  

I agree to a point. Yes written exams will test your knowledge to a point. But it is not an absolute test of knowledge. There is this thing called not testing well. I've seen people way smarter than me, well everyone is smarter than me, but this person is actually beyond book smart. But this person also cracks under pressure when taking the exams and would get average marks.

The test is the most subjective that is in the curriculum

And how else can you test a person's knowledge in 20-40 minutes?

Examinations just confirm that you are remembering what you are learning by rote memorization. Sooner or later much of that would be forgotten, either by students going on vacation or graduates starting to work on a different field. I don't remember anything from my calculus and statistics class for example.

The holding of a test is to find out where the limits of ability of a person, especially for students / students who have followed the process of teaching and learning in school / campus. ability here means is like an example to where the ability of a student can write or read well is also true. can also to find out where the ability of a student in menekuni a field or majors that he took as an accounting student, means by taking the test will be known ability in preparing a company's financial statements, audit reportsfinance and others related to accounting majors.and to know how big the ability, then the way is to take the test that has been given by the teachers / lecturers.
2. To assess the success of learning
holding a test is to assess / measure the extent to which an individual or student is successful in learning. By taking the test we will be able to assess whether our learning system has been true / beneficial or not at all. if our learning system is good in everyday both at home and school / campus then when we hear the word test we will not be surprised and even we are ready anytime to take the test given by the teachers / lecturers. but instead if our learning system is not good in everyday life, surely we will like to complain when hearing the word test, especially if the test is done suddenly (surely it feels headed already there are thousands of stars, hehe ... meaning dull). so by taking this exam we can evaluate our learning system if the result is not good.
3. To motivate yourself
The execution of a test is as self motivation for each individual whether it is student to improve his achievement. all individuals will want to pass the test and even want to have good grades, but to get it all is not as easy as we just fantasize or dream. But that does not mean also the process is also difficult to achieve it. if we want good results then we also have to do it in a good way too, do not do it in a half-hearted way let alone in a way that cheats ya readers. with the exam we will know what the value of our learning ability so far, and when we get good value do not be satisfied. Instead we should be grateful and improve our learning system and our insights about the lesson. do not make a good value it makes us become lazy and even lazy to learn for the future. Conversely for those who have taken the exam and found that the value is not good, do not be despair then. Precisely by knowing our low test score, then
we should further improve our daily learning system either at home or at school / campus ..

It is not entirely true examination directly correlate with true test of knowledge. Examination can favor the fool .

The greatest persons of the world who are most successful and rich, they say that examination can't judge you. I'll also go with their opinion.

Exams are pure garbage and dont truly test knowledge. What they test is your ability to jam information into your brain and retention may or may not happen after the fact. Garbage way of understanding IQ levels.

Standardized tests only prove to school authorities that you remembered enough from your classes. That's what they are concerned coz that's what the higher ups require of them for funding.

Sure, being able to memorize stuff is good but there are students who might have poor memory but are intelligent enough.

I think it is. Because even there are many contreversies, still examination exists and being implemented in all countries as the main basis for evaluating one's learning or knowledge. It is the most reliable and easiest way to assess one's knowledge.

Examination is only a score, like from 0 to 10 which shows how good you are in some certain sphere of knowledges

examination is an important part of academic studies. the existence of examination helps teachers to assess his mental or general ability. Examinations compel students to read as mush as they can, and as they do. so, they absorb knowledge unconsciously.

Result in examination is just what you've learned in the past time. But knowledge is how did you apply what you've been learned in the past time.
The examination is just reviewing what you've been learned in the study and knowledge is the application of what you learned in a whole time.

So the examination is not the way to test knowledge, but application is the way to see what knowledge that you have

I think this is funny, think of it, a teacher will discuss the coverage of the examination, it is like the teacher is saying Memorize those terms under that topic. How is that a test of knowledge if there are students who just memorize the topics and then forget all about it in the next semesters? I don't know how to test the knowledge of somebody but I know one thing, they use it to be a skill and to be used in their jobs.

I dont think that examination is true test of knowledge. I know stupid student will just asking the answer from the clever one and get good result and mean the result is not true.

Yes, Examination is the true test of knowledge.
There are many types of examination.
People are examined everywhere even in society and it's not difficult to judge the knowledge they have.

Actually it only tests the superficial knowledge. We have 3 dimensions of knowledge
Cognitive
Psychomotor
Affective
Examinations only evaluates cognitive kind of knowledge. If there should be an examination for total assessment, it should encompass the different areas of knowledge.

Examination can be one of the instrument to test a person's knowledge, cause there people who are not good in written exam but good in practical, there are those good in theoretical way but when applying it they cannot do it because their facing different situation. On the other hand it can also be good to test this way but the result can be somehow manipulated, there are also factors to consider when say that it is the true test of knowledge.

It is true that examination is the true test of knowledge.When the first quarter is done they the teachers are doing the examination paper for the student to test their knowledge.But not all student has a knowledge when it comes to exam , because there is a student that is cheater, that student is cheating because he/she did'nt review.

Some times we can say its true ane sometime we can't say its true. It is done in severel miniute or hourse. If some one know the everything but the time could be affected for him or her

Examination indeed is the true test of knowledge academically. This is the moment where We can challenge Ourselves of all the things We have learned through all Our subjects. Although sometimes experience is much more better than just studying. The knowledge We get from Academics is good and all but We must also test Our knowledge in real life situations. Be it Mathematics, Speech, Projects etc. There are certain activities We could also do to test what We actually learned. Examination is just one of the True tests if knowledge, Actualization is also important and is also essential in measuring what We have learned.

Its by far not. It cam only make kids think that memorization is rhe reason why they're going to school. I think this is a flaw the current education system for many countries

Examination up to some extent tests our knowledge but not 100%. Sometime a very smart and brilliant person is unable to score good in examination which does not mean that the person is having less knowledge, We cannot say that knowledge is 100% tested by examinations. Books are not the only source of knowledge, experience also teaches us.

FOr me i think examinations are just a test on how well you have memorized the syllabus or the course you are taking. NOthing beats the gool old application of the knowledge that you have learned just so you can see where you are in your learningsy

There are too many variables in this question. We can say one thing, that not always the exam shows the true level of knowledge, but always shows the true lack of them if you remove the moment of copying.

Maybe an examination might test your knowledge.But it can never define your brilliance.Sometimes exam becomes our worst enemy and people judge you just by an exam.

on the exam in fact many different factors can influence. and the assessment on them is always subjective

The question that i can't answer is : " The chicken comes first of the egg? " . Can anyone in here help me?

Examination is the true test of knowledge because this is the moment that we can challenge our mind because of the questions that the teachers has given us. Examination test our true knowledge.

I dont think Exams are a true test of knowledge. I believe the score awarded to me in my UME Examinations was manipulated. I studied hard for the exams and I was scored 207/400. Anyway, I'm a graduate now. I used the 207 score to secure my admission in a liberal arts course in UI. However, I know I'm gifted naturally and I have a unique thinking ability which is helping me tremendously now.

Many great men in the world today never really cared about exams while they were schooling. I believe more in personal research and reading up on things than coming to sit in a hall to answer some questions in other to be awarded a certificate.

examination shows whether the student has acquired a certain amount of knowledge in some branches of study as well as they are able to express his thought and ideas to a manner others can understand. Further, because of examinations; teachers have to confine themselves to the syllabuses which are aimed at imparting knowledge in a systematic manner, and thus develop mental disciplin. examination are therefore important for academic study.

the exam should show how much the student can apply the material studied in practice, and not how much he can just remember...if the exam is built that way - then it makes sense

“Examination is not a true test of knowledge” is a statement/mantra that one should have come across at one point or the other. Many people are too eager to mouth “examination is not a true test of knowledge” to rationalize their abysmal academic performance, lack of substantial academic effort/nonchalance, and sometimes, the not too glorious state of the Nigerian (Public) education system.

I completely disagree with modern toastering, its doesnt show real knowledge of students.Additional tests are needed for different categories, including logic

Yes, the examination is a knowledge test but for a specific workplace or to observe if one person has the ability (knowledge) to develop some task, so the true test of knowledge there is not, because, for example, there is emotional intelligence, and in a examination it is a question of interpretation.

Examination is not a true test of knowledge it is only a test on what you learn on your study

I didn't finish my degree with high examination grading, but during job recruitment/interview exercise, i did much better than my classmates who did better than me in college those days. ... this shows that the result i got from the degree exams, didn't actually prove the true test of my knowledge.

I don't think that passing an examinations is the measure of knowledge, for me, we were all born different means you may not be intelligent at some point/subject/profession etc but there is something that is made for you that you might excell.

classroom examination is not a true test of knowledge otherwise we wouldn't have educated illiterates all over our street because based on class room test they are geniuses but in reality they manipulate to get the grades. examination comes with different kinds of pressure, fear and even sickness, so naturally even the best brains out of tension and pressure do come out without any flying colour. i have witnessed a situation where a first class and a lower class students went for interview but the first class student didn't know as little as where to append his signature, because the grade on paper is not contained in the brain  whereas the lower grade student who is brilliant got the job. it may sound unbelievable but this is a real eyewitness.

Examination is not the true test of knowledge. It is actually giving out what one is expected to know through his teachers/instructors or personal study within a certain period of time which can never be compared to the full understanding of the entire concept. Under examination condition candidates cannot cover holistically everything on a subject or topic as they are to provide answers to specific question administered with time. In fact in some examination candidates are asked not to answer all the questions. As a result in that area the knowledge of the candidate will not be revealed to the examiner.

The guy with the best grades in class will tell you that examinations are the true test of knowledge. The one with worse grades will say otherwise. So, it is left to the average guys like us to decide ;D ;D ;D In the end, I think examinations are just examinations. Knowledge is not the only factor that influences their outcome. Time and chance come to play a major role. But when a student continues to do well or badly consistently in their examinations, then it's quite convincing how much they know. Irrespective of examination results, we all should pursue knowledge.