Final examinations are not the best way to test student knowledge; more creative assessments could serve them better
Classes are finally over, and students all over campus are celebrating their freedom. Come Sunday, however, one thought will be plaguing nearly every student at Puget Sound: final exams. From an outside perspective, it seems like there isn’t really a point to them since they will mostly be testing students on concepts they’ve already learned, so why even bother? The thing is, they might not be so terrifying for students if they weren’t worth such a huge percentage of the student’s grade. So much so that this one last test...