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Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. [Volume 39, Issue 8. April 1976]
Increased Pressure and Workload
Increased Pressure and Workload
| 1. | Clash of assignment dates - peaks and troughs in workload. |
| 2. | There has been inadequate communication to students on actual assessment requirement. |
| 3. |
Too much has been crammed into a half semester course. Matter can be covered in time available but depth required of such a number of topics is greater than reasonable. Four credit courses in some cases far too intensive. |
| 4. | Too much work required for assessment purposes - reduces flexibility for planning workload. |
| 5. | Re-testing of material in final exams was thought not necessary unless testing students overall grasp of course content. |
| 6. | Failure of staff to provide rapid feedback to students on result of assignments and tests. Little time to learn from errors of previous work. |
| 7. | Quality of tutors and lecturers becomes more important in shorter courses. |
| 8. | Strong opinion that terms requirements should be deleted and anyone enrolled in a course should have the right to sit final exams. |
As one student put it:
The present system lacks scheduling and coordination. Students are often expected to hand in major essays in one week or sit three term tests in one week on top of their regular tutorial assignments, readings etc. Having all exams and projects down your throat at one go is pretty disheartening.