Gus Gassmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in sci.stat.edu:
>I much prefer Herman Rubin's suggestion
>of open book, open notes. The problem I have encountered quite
>frequently, however, is that many students don't bother to study,
>because they "can always look it up during the exam". This creates
>enormous time pressure, of course.
Such has been my observation both as student and as teacher. "Open
book, open notes" translates, even for many of the good students,
into "I can always look up the formulas I need". Students tend to
forget that that won't work if they don't know which formula to
apply in which situation.
What I do is to allow a standard handout plus one crib sheet written
by each student. I believe (well, hope really) that the act of
reducing the course to a sheet of paper -- supplementing that
standard handout -- helps the student to decide which ideas are
important and also to learn those ideas.
--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Cortland County, New York, USA
http://oakroadsystems.com
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