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How Are Final Exams Changing During the Pandemic?

The academic year is winding down at schools and colleges, and some instructors are rethinking their usual approach to final exams to fit this unprecedented time.

At the North Penn School District, in Pennsylvania, final exams now count for no more than 10 percent of student grades instead of the usual 16 percent, according to an article in the student newspaper there.

Earlier in the pandemic, one professor at Chapman University decided to replace the traditional final with a community-service project infused with academics. The professor, Stephanie Bailey, asked students in her introductory physics course to pair up with a senior in a local nursing home who was stuck in quarantine. The students were tasked with teaching physics concepts they’d learned to their elderly conversation partners.

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