Professional speed date : a new method for efficient oral examination
Halme, P., Triviño, M., & Mönkkönen, M. (2016). Professional speed date : a new method for efficient oral examination. Yliopistopedagogiikka, 23(2), 31-33. https://yliopistopedagogiikka.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/2016_02_halme.pdf
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Oral exams have great potential in improving oral communication skills of the students and they also test different
kinds of skills than traditional written exams. One major obstacle preventing wider use of oral exams is that evaluation
of the performance may be affected by the relationship between the student and teacher, and even for some
inappropriate reasons such as the sex or appearance of the student. To avoid these possible biases, oral exams
will need the presence of more than one teacher. This, however, means that oral exams will be very laborious. Here
we present a new kind of oral exam, namely the Professional speed date which, to great extent, solves the above
mentioned problems related to oral exams. Professional speed date is easy to organize, fast to pursue and due to
its peer-evaluation system, minimally affected by personal relationships between teacher and the students. The
exam is most likely especially useful in pre-course or mid-term exams where the purpose is to test the general
knowledge level of a large group of students. Our own experiences using the exam have been positive, and none
of the students involved have reported any major problems with the procedure. Most students have informed that
compared to the traditional written exam they prefer this innovative type of testing their knowledge level.
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