Maybe the Germans were right? One in-person test, preferably an interview, at the end of the semester should be enough to motivate the smarter part of the bunch to make sure they understand the issues at hand. The rest is chaff anyway. Don't optimize for chaff.

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armchairhacker 38 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

One test is too stressful and may be affected by bad luck. I'd recommend many small quizzes. You can use LLMs to grade.

	▲	anal_reactor 6 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		It's terrifying that some people actually do think this. Not you obviously, but I had enough conversations with other people.

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anal_reactor 6 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I agree.

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YmiYugy 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I had that a variation of that experience. This was mostly in the pre-AI days. Homework assignments were mandatory but only counted towards exam admission not the final grade. Much better for motivation.

	▲	tgv an hour ago \| parent [-]
		When I was a student, nobody cared if you did your home work. The teacher would go through the home work in the next class, and if you didn't do it, you would just lose the opportunity. Then there was the written exam at the end of each course, which constituted 100% of the grade. The only reason that got abolished was because it made too many students fail, and the board hates that. So that became a race to the bottom, and apparently, we can still go lower. It's reaching levels where most uni diplomas don't matter any longer. The only thing that will then matter is your network. That's the end of social mobility.