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> Stop testing and maybe rely more on projects and prepared speeches?

Projects sounds like another word for coursework.

Judging on prepared speeches doesn't sound fair at all, unless it's a course on public speaking.

There's a reason things are as they are.

> Maybe continuous in-class real-time questioning to see if the student is keeping up?

So when a student asks a question in class, they have to do so in the knowledge that they may be negatively judged for it? There's a reason learning and assessment are at least somewhat separated.



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