Herman Rubin wrote:
> >Yes. Also, closed book exams tend to be easier because the range of
> >questions is more restricted. I have found them a way to avoid
> >students spending most of their time memorizing near-useless material.
>
> On the contrary, closed book exams emphasize memorizing
> near-useless material. A good one-hour exam would have
> three, or at most four, multi-part PROBLEMS.
>
> A good exam would be one which someone who has merely
> memorized the book would fail, and one who understands
> the concepts but has forgotten all the formulas would
> do extremely well on.
My error. I forgot to engage brain that should have read "open book"
not closed book in the last para.
thom
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