What is alaskanbunny's point?

Thanks! It was a good factual-sharing from the non-academic perspective.

Do you want to change people's perception of Malaysian Universities?

Are you hinting that statistically, students tend to do better in Soalan Aneka Pilihan (SAP) than in Essay-type questions (long answers) or Problems/Computational questions?

True! I'm generally bad at Soalan Aneka Pilihan (SAP) because the rest of the choices in some questions tend to distract my concentration. For example, "A" is logically correct, but "D" also seems acceptable...

Does it make any difference?

exactly against what academic standard?

Alright! Even when you claimed that any of these hardly exist, they are good criteria. Now, let's go 360°.

Generally, when we set standards for people, we need to ensure that the standard we set is not open to misinterpretation and provide as much appropriate detail as it can. One tried and trusted method that is used by numerous organizations in all sectors, is called S.M.A.R.T. Standard. You probably already know S.M.A.R.T. stands for:

S = Specific
M = Measurable
A = Achievable
R = Relevant
T = Time-bound

Here are some examples to you would want to tie in to globally acceptable S.M.A.R.T. Standard. Without that, the criteria will probably end up with paradoxical thinking, e.g., "I define the BEST, so this must be the BEST."

(1) What specifically is the BEST?
(2) How many individuals should the university train them to think for themselves?
(3) What are the reasons they don't like to be challenged? Lack confidence in their own ability? Or fear they are being set up to fail?
(4) How relevant would you like the universities to show contributions to the society?
(5) When is the good time to bring betterment to humankind?

This post has been edited by Critical_Fallacy: Oct 25 2013, 01:01 AM

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