nevin1@ihlpb.ATT.COM (Liber) (12/15/88)
In article <130@xenon.UUCP> goodloe@xenon.UUCP (Tony Goodloe) writes: >It is much easier for the prof to make and grade a test that is "plug-n-chug" >rather than thought-provoking. Heck, some profs don't even bother to change the test from year to year (or between Tuesday's test and Wednesday's test; and yes, they were all thrown together in the same curve). >We had a professor, sort of a utility >professor, that taught digital design, emag, electronics, and >communications, and couldn't answer a question about any of it ... >unless he had HIS cheat sheet in front of him. Unfortunately, I've had too many teachers like this. During the closed-book final, if you looked at the prof, you could see him copying the answers straight out of the book to the answer key. That really showed the class how unimportant it was to know the material after the final. On a related note: when we studied for the AP (Advanced Placement) Biology test in high school, we used a great book called "The Biology Problem Solver". The night before the test, we went over all the multiple choice questions in it, as well as some of the essay questions (the "Problem Solver" series are books which have around 1000 problems with detailed solutions; I very strongly recommend looking at these books). The next day on the AP test, one of the multiple choice questions was copied verbatim out of the multiple choice section in the Problem Solver. All the essay questions on the AP tests were the same as four or five of the Problem Solver essay questions put together. >If you knew the formulas, you could get a 100%. Teachers like that >really piss me off. They are just wasting my time and money. If only there was a money-back guarantee. -- NEVIN ":-)" LIBER AT&T Bell Laboratories nevin1@ihlpb.ATT.COM (312) 979-4751