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There is indeed no point in grading home assignments anymore, but why not randomly ask a student at the start of each class to present their solution on the board?

And do a final exam on oen and paper and nothing else, and an exam that relies more on thinking than rote memorization of formulas (or print the relevant parts of the course on the exam document itself).

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> why not randomly ask a student at the start of each class to present their solution on the board

This makes the class really awful. I had professors with schemes like this, maybe calling on someone's name randomly 1-2 times in class to answer a question they'd just asked, just to ensure everyone is scared into paying attention.

there probably is no time for 100 students to each do that in a university mathematics lecture, but there are probably ways to make sure students are still learning by restructuring the university into mandatory recitation and labs or something

Having two random people picked each time might cause all of them to at least pay attention.

I’m wondering if this is the way, but more faculty time is needed for assessing. So education costs go up.

They said “one person at the start of class”?

there aren't 100 university lectures a semester, so there is a small chance you are picked. meaning, good odds to not give a shit or good incentive to not go to lecture if you are behind. also, wasting 100 students' time to watch someone struggle through one gotcha, is more of a punishment for everyone, not something to make students learn.

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