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The prospect of having both coursework and exams is daunting to some students. However, continuous assessment of students' progress can also be highly useful, and lightens the pressure of exams. In universities, coursework is often one of many different modes of assessment. Students are required to produce coursework in order to broaden knowledge and enhance research skills, and to put theoretical knowledge learned from a course into practice. Sometimes coursework is given in groups so students may learn both how to work in groups and from each other. But in recent times plagiarism and copying have been major issues casting doubt on the whole system of coursework. There is much controversy over the help students and pupils can receive whilst doing their coursework, often causing the disqualification of students at different levels - in the UK, the Joint Council For Qualifications can disqualify plagiaristic candidates for that subject or even their entire exam series. The main source of copying seems to be at the heart of technology that being the internet. Easily accessible websites such as coursework sites have given people the opportunity to copy essays' ideas despite the great protective measures used to prevent this. Coursework does give learners the chance to improve their grade but at the same time an opportunity, if you will, to somewhat 'cheat the system'. Some believe that the stress of coursework can reduce students performance in other aspects of school-life. Stress caused by the large tasks can reduce concentration in lessons and reduce grades overall. However, it can give those that good at the subject but poor in exams a chance to recover their grades. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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