Let students take phones into exams, says Harvard professor

The classic student/teacher deal: the better the recall the better the grade, makes life simpler for both. Having to be creative and grading that creativity is a much bigger ask.

Multiple choice questions format with answers neatly and promptly graded by scantrons leaves little room for intrusive subjectivities . There are negatives to this format of course but may not be nearly as much/complex as the assessors injection’s of own world view and intellectual biases when left purely or largely to ONE teacher grading “creativity” of candidates particularly in the less mathematical disciplines where words and nuances , not figures and neat formulas , wield strong interpretative impacts . Basil jide fadipe