Annette Taylor, Ph. D. wrote:
But that's exactly the point of having the sit-down exams, I believe, that we really had to KNOW the stuff;...
Students generally favor a "take-home" exam of some kind, like a review paper or grant proposal. They find this less stressful, I guess. But the type of preparation and study is not the same as that involved in a "sit-down" exam. I had the latter and the result was that I knew more about psychology than I ever had in the past. (Info ready for talking about psyc issues, thinking about research plans, general feeling of confidence in my knowledge, etc.) This would not have been the case if I had done a review paper. In fact, I never would have tried to commit psyc info to memory. (Sure, there would have been some incidental learning.)
And the idea that study for retention results in complete loss of all that was learned shortly after the exam?--a myth.
--Dave
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