February 27, 2013 · TECHNOLOGY

When Will Our Examinations Use Truly Dynamic Questions?

In this age, it is strange that our education systems use examinations that are still static in nature. For example, there is a question, and you need to answer the question. Nothing changes WHILE you are trying to answer the question - all the variables, assumptions given about the problem remain the same until you finish solving the problem. That is one reason we are so ill-equipped when we are faced with problems in real life - because in real life and business, everything changes all the time.

We had written about another issue with our education systems some time back - "Why Are We Trained To Solve Problems, But Not To Identify Those?" - We had written this - "The problem to be solved was always STATED – nobody ever asked us to come up with a set of difficult problems to solve.
Over time, this lack of practice in identifying problems translates into difficulties in spotting profitable opportunities. Even if we do, there is a lack
of conviction and we end up pivoting multiple times."

Place this question in that same group - When will our examinations use truly dynamic questions? As we start solving a problem regarding a car's speed and distance, when will see a window that says "Wait a minute. The car is actually traveling in reverse" - There is some amount of dynamism used today in selecting the questions - for example, easier ones first, then based on your answers etc - but we have not seen a question change while the student is trying to answer it.