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Education and outreach

Why now is the time to change bad exam habits

28 Apr 2021
Taken from the April 2021 issue of Physics World where it appeared under the headline "Changing bad exam habits".

Paolo Elias says that the COVID-19 pandemic offers the chance to revamp how we assess physics students at school and college

School pupils sit an exam
An open book A move towards creative problem-solving in examinations could help alleviate some of the stress faced by school and college students when taking more traditional tests. (Courtesy: Shutterstock/Monkey Business Images)
Physics is a versatile subject and the problem-solving skills you learn during a degree can be used

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Paolo Elias is a student at the University of Nottingham, UK, e-mail ppype@nottingham.ac.uk
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