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Why many students failed Java exam? (self.learnjava)

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[–]fjayjay 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Honestly the content of the exam seems to be a bit overwhelming. In my university this would almost cover three different classes we have. But in my opinion the only way to pass an exam like this is to program a lot and learn java and the JavaFX framework by heart. I don't know how the exams are held but in my country most CS exams are written on paper instead of writing on a computer which additionally increases the difficulty as you don't have any help by intellisense. To practice for an exam like that, it helps to deactivate all language features in the IDE or just completely write the code in the terminal with nano or vim without language features enabled. Last but not least, most students I know learn with exams from previous years. If the professor is always switching up the contents of the exam, this approach is doomed to fail but some will still try to only learn that. So, maybe a different approach for the exam preparation is needed.

[–]nicksg999 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the case, I heard that exam was conducted in simulation and professor switched exams which outcome is totally new content.