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Brasco said:
What's the chance of misinterpreting by the machine? For example, if the circle of C is not filled rightly?
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Yup, like eHafiz said, they're constantly reminding you to darken the circles and make sure you circled the correct answer.

Also, some tests have the option of manual rescoring, if you think the computer got it totally wrong, you can ask for it to be rescored by a person.
 
I now have greater respect for the youth of today that are students.

Looks like you almost need to have a PhD in in educational sciences just to understand how to take a test.
 
Maalik said:
I hate it when the answers line up on it..it's gets to your head <_<
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yeah, i know exactly wat u mean
the sad part is i ALWAYS think im wrong somehow
one time we had a test n all of the answers were D..
when i looked at my scantron n saw the answers all lined up...
i was confuse...i thought i was wrong so i changed half of it..:X

lol @ woodrow
 
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crayon said:
Yup, like eHafiz said, they're constantly reminding you to darken the circles and make sure you circled the correct answer.

Also, some tests have the option of manual rescoring, if you think the computer got it totally wrong, you can ask for it to be rescored by a person.
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That's the first time I ever saw a scantron. In germany we just write the answers on another sheet or at the same sheet :D
 
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^Actually some GCSE Examinations are now taken in the same way as the 'scantron'. :X
 
But that's **** easy! :S To me it is not a good way of examining! Then, do you guys ever study? :D
 
'Abd al-Baari said:
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^Actually some GCSE Examinations are now taken in the same way as the 'scantron'. :X
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And when i started high school we had some examinations taken in the same was as scantron. So they are in the UK now...

Kiwi that was funny but the teacher was so mean. I remember something similar happened to me was like 5 yrs ago. And the teacher had to sit next to me in the exam hall, was soo embarrassing, everyone kept lookin at me :-[
 
Oooh its like a multiple choice thingy, I'm sure GSCE mathematics was a 'scantron' type one. You know whats so kool about it? If I'm stuck and dont know what to mark, I just see if there's a pattern and if there is I go with it :statisfie like imagine I circled A, B, B, C, D, A, B, B .. If I was stuck I'd just do C again. So simple.
 
For those of you who think just because there are scantrons, we don't do anything by hand, it's a wrong assumption. It's not a guess it game. We still have to do calculations, write essays, show work etc just like the rest of the people in this world. The only thing with the scantron is when it's a multiple choice test, we're just filling in answers....you still have to do the work to get the answer. Not every class involves a scantron.


Brasco said:
But that's **** easy! :S To me it is not a good way of examining! Then, do you guys ever study? :D
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^^ Thats a bit silly to think, if we study or not? Every test requires revision, scantron or not. I can't go into taking my Chemistry/Biology exam without studying can I? Regardless of if I have a scantron or not? Some teachers make multiple choice questions harder than your average test. At least in writing out the answer or doing the work for the professor to see, you can get partial credit. In a multiple choice exam, either you get it right or wrong, not in between. Infact it's not that easy peasy.
 
I hate those machine marked papers, you spend half the time tryin to make sure you coloured in the right box
 
Light of Heaven said:
For those of you who think just because there are scantrons, we don't do anything by hand, it's a wrong assumption. It's not a guess it game. We still have to do calculations, write essays, show work etc just like the rest of the people in this world. The only thing with the scantron is when it's a multiple choice test, we're just filling in answers....you still have to do the work to get the answer. Not every class involves a scantron.

^^ Thats a bit silly to think, if we study or not? Every test requires revision, scantron or not. I can't go into taking my Chemistry/Biology exam without studying can I? Regardless of if I have a scantron or not? Some teachers make multiple choice questions harder than your average test. At least in writing out the answer or doing the work for the professor to see, you can get partial credit. In a multiple choice exam, either you get it right or wrong, not in between. Infact it's not that easy peasy.
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yeah, i have to agree with u on this one Light of Heaven. unfortunately most of the peeps in uk think that tests in america r so easy that studying isnt required. yeah, we do have multiple choice questions...but they're one of the hardest.
i prefer essay b/c at least u could get partial credit on it. with multiple choice, is either rite or wrong. we never get partial credit....so uk/european peeps, at least u're in at advantage. <_<
 
aadil77 said:
I hate those machine marked papers, you spend half the time tryin to make sure you coloured in the right box
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yeah, true
b4 i turn in my test, i look at all the numbers to make sure they're filled n filled properly. it gets a bit annoying :exhausted
 
KiWi said:
yeah, i have to agree with u on this one Light of Heaven. unfortunately most of the peeps in uk think that tests in america r so easy that studying isnt required. yeah, we do have multiple choice questions...but they're one of the hardest.
i prefer essay b/c at least u could get partial credit on it. with multiple choice, is either rite or wrong. we never get partial credit....so uk/european peeps, at least u're in at advantage. <_<
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Yea sis lol.

Silly UKers :mmokay:
 
^What if you get a -0.25 (minus 0.25) for a wrong answer? Guessed answers can lower your score than what you actually deserve.
 
And what are the chances of that? You have more chances of getting some points when you write it out, as compared to just picking random answers. What my Chemistry professor used to do was make all the choices close to each other in numbers or definition, which would actually confuse you more. What I thought was the answer was actually wrong. When he would go over it, my work would be correct but I would miscalculate the answer. So I would not get any points whatsoever. When you write them out, you have a chance for some points, even if the answer was wrong.
 
What Light of Heaven said.

Oh, and to add; with some scantron tests (the SAT's for example), you get marks deducted if you choose the incorrect answer. So you can't just go 'eeny meeny miny mo' and pick one; if you're not sure, don't answer.

Also, sometimes the answers are extremely trick. For example, say you have to know what the answer to 4*2 is. They'll have 8 as a choice, but they'll also have 6, because they know someone will add instead of subtract. That's overly simplistic of course, but when it comes to more complicated questions, 'tis deadly.

edit- Ohh I hadn't refreshed this page for ages, and posted what you guys just discussed. Meh.
 
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Lol even? :S

When it came time for our comprehensive final...he gave us the choice of show all work or all multiple choice. I of course took show all work because I knew at least I'd get points <_<
 
asalam u alikum wa rehamtulahi wa berkathu

what is scantron?

koi menu dasay punjabi vich lol

Jazak ALLAH
 
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