Modern Electronics (was Re: List charter mods & headcount... ;

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Tue Jun 22 16:20:16 2004

On Tue, 22 Jun 2004, Teo Zenios wrote:
> My short term memory sucks, therefore I have to learn how things work to
> solve problems. Most tests given at schools are based on just memorizing
> specific problems and puking them up on test day. If you have a picture
> perfect memory you do extremely well in your classes, but are you really
> learning anything? So if your designing complicated products you need to
> know how things work, if your practicing medicine or law your probably
> better have perfect memory.

I don't like to test memory.
My tests are all open book - they don't need to write anything on their
shirtsleeves.
open notes - they don't need to write anything in the margins of the book.
Any books or notes, but only what they can carry (we had an incident a few
years ago, when somebody tried to take a library cart down the stairs)
Calculator permitted - but no cords, and no musical or talking
calculators, and none that communicate

I may start doing the test in the lab, and let them use the computers
Received on Tue Jun 22 2004 - 16:20:16 BST