學生字跡太潦草 劍橋大學擬取消手寫考試
Cambridge University is considering scrapping written exams and allowing students to use laptops or iPads instead after tutors complained that students’ handwriting has become increasingly illegible.
在教師們抱怨學生的字跡愈來愈潦草難辨後，劍橋大學正考慮廢除紙筆測驗，允許學生改用筆記型電腦或平板電腦作答。
tutor(n.)(英國學院或大學)導師;助教illegible(adj.)(字體)難以辨認的
Academics say that a growing reliance on laptops in lectures and elsewhere has caused students to lose their handwriting ability.
教授們表示，學生在課堂上和課堂外愈來愈依賴筆記型電腦，已逐漸喪失手寫的能力。
reliance(n.)仰賴;依賴=dependence
“Fifteen or twenty years ago, students routinely wrote by hand several hours a day, but now they write virtually nothing by hand except exams,” said Sarah Pearsall, a senior lecturer in Cambridge’s history faculty.
劍橋歷史系資深講師皮爾索爾說：「15到20年前，學生們每天固定花幾小時書寫，但現在幾乎只有在考試時才會動筆寫字。」
routinely(adv.)日常地;常規地virtually(adv.)幾乎;差不多=almost=practicallyby hand 徒手;用手
“As a faculty, we have been concerned for years about the declining handwriting problem. There has definitely been a downward trend. It is difficult for both the students and the examiners, as it is harder and harder to read these scripts,” she said.
皮爾索爾說：「系內近年已關注學生書寫能力下降的問題，這問題絕對有愈發嚴重的趨勢。學生覺得書寫是件困難的事，閱卷者也感到頭痛，因為學生的字體已愈來愈難以辨認。」
faculty(n.)(高等院校的)系;院教職員decline(v.)下降;衰退
Cambridge has launched a consultation on the issue as part of its digital education strategy after piloting an exam typing scheme in the history and classics departments earlier this year.
劍橋大學目前正就該議題進行諮詢，為劍橋大學數位教育策略的一部分，該校於今年初已率先在歷史系及古典系試行電腦作答考試。
consultation(n.)諮詢、磋商pilot(v.)試驗
Students are asked in an online survey whether they would like the option to type exams, and whether this would have a significant positive effect on their well-being.
在一份線上問卷裡，學生被問到是否想要選擇用電腦答題，及用電腦作答對他們的福祉是否有顯著正面影響。
have an effect on~對…產生影響well-being(n.)福祉;心理健康
Cambridge’s move comes after the Harvard academic Eric Mazur, known as the founder of the “flipped classroom”, has said that he now encourages students to bring their laptops and smartphones into exams.
不久前，被譽為「翻轉教室 」之父的哈佛大學教授馬祖爾也表示，他現在鼓勵學生攜帶筆電和智慧型手機去考試。
flipped classroom翻轉教室
According to Mazur, permitting devices in the exam room allows students to look up the information they need and test their creative and analytical skills, rather than their ability to recall information.
馬祖爾說，允許學生帶電子裝置到考場，讓學生可以查詢所需的資訊，並測驗他們的創造力和分析能力，而不是他們的記憶力。
permit(v.)允許=allowelectronic devices電子裝置analytical(adj.)分析的rather than~而不是=instead of~