Yeah I can confirm. In a good test for many classes (especially math, science, and engineering) all the open notes and textbooks won’t save you if you aren’t prepared. I had a 3 day take home test in one of my engineering classes where all resources except each other were permitted and despite preparing, I, like many of my classmates, was scribbling in it in the hallway to turn it in. Fucking brutal exam.
I’m not a teacher, but honestly I think that’s a fine way to do things. If you can create a resource to answer questions from and find answers using it in a timely manner, then the problem is solved. You’ve learned how to answer questions
Several of my coworkers cannot use resources already provided (Google) to find answers to common questions
Well usually that way the tests aren’t just about if you remember a specific formula but if you can actually use them effectively and that is a much more important skill.
Eventually it’s less a test of what you know, and more a test of how quick can you get through a reference guide.
It’s a way to trick kids into studying and to raise test scores.
Also to have some rare fun when people do the above.
Yeah I can confirm. In a good test for many classes (especially math, science, and engineering) all the open notes and textbooks won’t save you if you aren’t prepared. I had a 3 day take home test in one of my engineering classes where all resources except each other were permitted and despite preparing, I, like many of my classmates, was scribbling in it in the hallway to turn it in. Fucking brutal exam.
I’m not a teacher, but honestly I think that’s a fine way to do things. If you can create a resource to answer questions from and find answers using it in a timely manner, then the problem is solved. You’ve learned how to answer questions
Several of my coworkers cannot use resources already provided (Google) to find answers to common questions
Accept my teachers increased the difficulty for those test and if we had to use calculators oh man did they make it complicated. Total jerks.
You kind of have to accept it, the teachers write the tests.
Well usually that way the tests aren’t just about if you remember a specific formula but if you can actually use them effectively and that is a much more important skill.
Someonw should have told that to my school. It was always the thing we learned with overly complex numbers. Always cost us so much time.