This past summer, I taught a six-week online undergraduate course on algorithms in computer science. The class is usually somewhat large -- for instance, last spring, more than 200 students enrolled.

During the last week of the course, each student is expected to pass a 30 minute oral exam given by one of the faculty members. This exam is designed to assess the student's knowledge base and ability ...

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University students are more likely to pass oral exams if they are taken at around midday, according to a study of more than 100,000 assessments. Carmelo Vicario at the University of Messina, Italy, ...