再谈美国大学如何进行课程考试——方法的多样性与课程教学的适应性

On the course exam methods of American colleges: variety of the methods and adaptation of the course teaching

如何深化中国大学课程教学的考试考核方法的改革是保障大学教学质量、提高人才培养质量的重要方面。重点讨论了美国大学课程考试的多样性方法,突出介绍了半个开卷考试、小组考试和学生出题考试3个特定方法,在总结美国大学教学8个多的特性基础上,提出考试考核方法多样性和教学方法一致性的观点,并对其中所包含的考试理念作进一步的阐述和思考。

In order to assure the college teaching quality and to improve the talent training level, it is one of the significant aspects to further reform the exam and test methods of the course teaching in China＇s colleges. This paper mainly discusses the various methods of the course exams in American colleges, highlighting the three specific types ： half - open - book exams, group exams and students - raising - questions exams. On the basis of the summarization of the ＂Eight - Mores＂ characteristics of the teaching in American colleges, this paper proposes the ideas that exam and test methods should be various and the methods should be conform to teaching methods. Besides, the paper expounds and ponders the concepts hidden in the methods of the course exams in American colleges.