What I've found most helpful in terms of student development, and what this course mentions, is the elimination of a final exam at the end of the module. I've found that most students would call themselves "bad test takers," although their problem really lies in the fact that they are anxious of subjects only covered for a few hours a week. It is easy to have lost information through the cracks of a rapid placement program, and so having to recap the current problems on hand, instead of mountains of information, helps resolve a lot of the anxiety in testing, as well as makes the task of examination much more feasible. I'd also mention here that this does not develop a selective bias in subject areas. Students will recall information learned in the absence of an exam due to their overall lack of anxiety.
