Comments on: Finally http://asymptotia.com/2007/12/19/finally/ Sun, 20 Jul 2008 02:56:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Yvette http://asymptotia.com/2007/12/19/finally/#comment-99064 Yvette Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:08:03 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/12/19/finally/#comment-99064 Small department by the look of the pic- or just a small class? And I for one am completely amazed that you could actually describe everybody as "bright-eyed" at 8am. It is still a complete mystery to me why I am suddenly responsible for information at such a godforsaken hour as opposed to every other time during the semester when no one dreams of requiring such a stupid thing. :) Small department by the look of the pic- or just a small class?

And I for one am completely amazed that you could actually describe everybody as “bright-eyed” at 8am. It is still a complete mystery to me why I am suddenly responsible for information at such a godforsaken hour as opposed to every other time during the semester when no one dreams of requiring such a stupid thing. :)

]]> By: spyder http://asymptotia.com/2007/12/19/finally/#comment-99035 spyder Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:35:07 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/12/19/finally/#comment-99035 I loved giving open-note, open-book exams. They are, in many ways, measures of how most people work across the diversity of fields. If the students take great notes, and have read the textual and online materials (including the electronic resources in reserves), they most likely use their accumulated resources to check their exam work and perform very admirably. If they are unfamiliar with the stuff, they tend to get bogged down trying to find bits and pieces to respond to the questions, and subsequently demonstrate this unfamiliarity with poor grades. I loved giving open-note, open-book exams. They are, in many ways, measures of how most people work across the diversity of fields. If the students take great notes, and have read the textual and online materials (including the electronic resources in reserves), they most likely use their accumulated resources to check their exam work and perform very admirably. If they are unfamiliar with the stuff, they tend to get bogged down trying to find bits and pieces to respond to the questions, and subsequently demonstrate this unfamiliarity with poor grades.

]]> By: Jude http://asymptotia.com/2007/12/19/finally/#comment-98981 Jude Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:42:25 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2007/12/19/finally/#comment-98981 Nice to read a detailed teaching story. Ah, the joys of finals week. Nice to read a detailed teaching story. Ah, the joys of finals week.

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