> Life is very easy and fair if the only thing that counts for grades are
> in class tests. Then you don't have to worry about people getting help,
> late papers, etc. However take home stuff will appear on the class
> tests. The sooner they are turned in, the sooner you can return them to
> students so they can use them to study.
>
> Give the take home test.Correct it. Don't count it for a grade. Change
> your final for this class to include more problems from the test.
>
> This works.
>
> Peace,
>
> Don Cook
>
I agree wholeheartedly. Take home activities are only valid if they are
designed for that intention. I would like to hear more details from
those writers who say they have been *quite successful* using take-home
tests. I too have noted that my students perform far better on take-home
tests than on in-class tests. Unfortunately, too often I find students
who can not even begin to talk intellingently about a problem that was
completed accurately and with perfect clarity on their take-home. SOMEBODY
is doing well on these take-homes. I'm just not sure it's the students
who are actually enrolled in the class.
Dan Galvn
Educational Opportunity Program
SUNY Cortland
Cortland, NY