Students use essays about the meaning of life written by celebrities to engage parents in a three-week dialogue, and then write about what they learned.
Methodological disciplines such as epidemiology and biostatistics typically use problem-based exams and case studies, while behavioural sciences often use essay-based and oral examinations and professional programmes rely on internships, capstone experiences and other practical demonstrations.
Have you used essay questions?
You can't judge a poem using essay criteria; you can't pit the latest album from Leonard Cohen against Beyoncé.
If your student's score is low, she should focus on pumping up the other parts of her application, maybe even using essay space to explain that she tests poorly but will bring lots of other fine attributes to campus.
Students with any form of educational special need will react with horror at three-hour exams designed to test knowledge using essay-style questions.
The gimmick is making quitting a competition among students (though in reality the classes are to be judged on the best antismoking campaign, using essays and posters, rather than a class's hard-to-verify abstinence).
It was fitting, then, when the New York Times launched its Disunion blog last October, using essays, diary entries, maps, photos, and real-time accounts to track each day of the war exactly a hundred and fifty years after it occurred.
It uses essays by sociologists, political scientists, economists, and attorneys to illuminate how the city became the focal point of the national school-desegregation debate, with decisions that set a precedent for the rest of the country.
A specific case is the use of essay writing to assess student literacy in content areas.
Many strategies have been proposed to address the use of Essay Mills and other 'contract cheating' services by students.
