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Are we realistically assessing students?
Very interesting piece on assessment and poor genAI policies istitutional policies.
Being in the middle of a full programme level review, my feeling is we're over-assessing and using antiquated methods that really never worked (oh God... another closed book exam... kill me pleeeeease). If only, I don't know, we could talk to students or observe them doing something!
@nicolaromano I'd argue that the issue compounds with older issues that were never fully resolved.
In Mathematics the solution would be to rely heavily on theory. To get a student to link previously learned theories to a more advanced topic. This would increase the amount of material learned, the critical thinking of a student and push the emphasis back to learning instead of performing.
In college I learned Integration by having to find the inverse of Derivation. I believe that moving the emphasis back to learning instead of exams would yield much better results.
Can genAI do this work for the student? Yes and no. Then again, can the genAI tools used by teachers and professors detect it? Perhaps it's better to focus on learning and critical thinking as genAI might actually be a useful tool some day.
That's just my view on the issue. As a Mathematician, it would be unforgivable to not rant and insult. Students aren't the problem and new technology isn't either, the problem has and always will be the institutions. The needless pressure from people who have no right to even speak in a department, much less interfere with their operation. The drug testing is also insulting.