Not having a reset button for unit tests....

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Guillaume Juge

August 30, 2018 07:26

Hi,

The Derivatives: definition and basic rules is a section of Differential Calculus on Khan Academy that has a 25 question unit test. Not being able to reset a test like this when most mistakes that those capable of reaching 100% make are simple mistakes of formatting in their answers makes achieving 100% very time consuming and frustrating. Please add a reset button for unit tests at least. This one has 25 questions. When you make a simple mistake not even half way in the test and have to finish it completely before giving it another try, it can become very annoying and stressful. I do no understand the argument that it allows students to dodge having to practice a certain skill since students like that won't even reach 100% even with a reset button. However, I do agree that it makes us less prone to making mistakes in the future, although that doesn't make such an impact since almost every mistake is a mistake in formatting, and not comprehension of the subject. This results in time wasted.

I know there is already a post about it (which I up voted), but I simply wanted to express my opinion since this matter has been going on for at least 4 months without a concrete response from Khan Academy support on the matter.

Khan Academy is an amazing platform, but, not being able to reset a unit test wastes time for many students... Time that could be spent studying new subjects instead.

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carol

October 20, 2022 18:06
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I have some great news to share with you!

Based on the feedback you and many others shared, Khan Academy has launched a new feature that allows learners to start over an activity without needing to fully complete it first— it’s called the “Start Over” link!

We hope you will enjoy this new feature, and welcome any feedback you have about it. Passion from the Khan Academy community helped bring this feature to life, and we truly thank you for sharing your thoughts about it. You helped make Khan Academy a better learning resource for everyone!

For more information about the “Start Over” link, please check out our Community announcement.

Thanks again, and happy learning!
Bethany Kerr

September 06, 2018 23:02
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I completely agree with you, many others have commented on other threads about this.
Sally Buss

September 17, 2018 03:20
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Consider upcoming my comment to add second tries on math problems! Maybe the unit test wouldn’t be the place for 2nd tries but practices and quizzes would be great. That way, you can try to fix your mistake without looking at the hint and then just starting over. I’ll upvote this thread because I agree that reset buttons would be fabulous.
Zayber

September 25, 2018 17:48

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@Sally and @Guillaume

Maybe there could be a second try for Quizzes and practices and a reset for unit tests? its just annoying when you get, say the first question wrong and you have to finish the entire thing before you can try to redeem yourself.

To anyone else reading this that is interested in this subject, Please upvote all the posts about this subject so we can get this feature on Khan!

Thanks

-Zayber

(Here's my post that includes a list of some other users who have posts about this: https://khanacademy.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360022504532-Please-add-a-restart-second-try-option-?page=1#community_comment_360002291052)
John Vezina

August 22, 2019 18:24
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I agree that it is frustrating to have to do an entire unit test especially when you get the first question wrong. However, after some time with this frustration, I have decided that I do not mind, and in fact, appreciate having to redo a test as many times as needed to get 100%. It is for me, great practice and I seem to do better. Having said that, I imagine most people do not have as much time as I do.
Paul McMullan

November 24, 2019 11:56
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I have been trying to achieve 100% on a multiplication and division test and understand how frustrating it is when I make a silly typing mistake which means I have to repeat the entire 31 question test to resolve. If you were to do a math test in school or university you would have the opportunity to look over your answers before handing it in. Why doesn't Khan Academy replicate this in their tests. We should not have to grind through long exams repeatedly to correct silly errors.
Sapphire ♪

August 03, 2020 16:47
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Even now, doing physics test and messing up 1 problem, I end up just spamming "1" in every single answer box to hurry up and start over again. They need to implement this feature, like it levels down every skill per question not answered, so we can quickly try again.
Pan Ye

August 28, 2020 23:22
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I'm not a kid, I am a parent, and my kid has been complaining about this a lot. Then he started hacking khan academy JUST BECAUSE of this. When I found out my kid stopped doing khan academy. When I tell him too he refuses. So if this doesn't get fixed we will stop doing khan academy.
Epic Sans

April 27, 2021 02:28
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It's been over 4 years of these kinds of complaints I don't think KA is gonna even try.
carol

October 20, 2022 18:06

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