Students manifest that meeting a
teacher-advisor, before delivering the final work is an unusual, but very
educational instance. It is a type of evaluation that they appreciate, since in
itself it constitutes a fertile opportunity for learning.
The main obstacle to
extend this practice is the massive amount of students that attend the classes,
as well as the workload and time of professors.
As a teacher, I
consider the difference between this proposal and the habit of writing a paper
to be evaluated (in a group or individually) without guidance in the process,
to be a substantial difference. In my experience, the initial work that
students deliver often have multiple textual problems, and I find it impossible
to decide weather to pass them without having this in mind, or to fail them Therefore,
I only request this kind of writing, which is longer than typical exam answers,
when I know that I can take charge of teaching the contents that I expect to
see in the students' final work.
List of questions,
evaluation criteria and exam simulation
The written answers to exam questions
are the most widespread practice for evaluating a college student, but it
presents plenty of difficulties To prepare yourself for the evaluation requires
more than just studying. As a teacher, I have thought of different ways to help
my students be better prepared for the exam, and I have included different
exercises in the class that aim to do this.
