Re: Take Home Exams
Bret Taylor (bret@IAG.NET)
Thu, 26 Sep 1996 20:38:00 EDT
At 02:03 PM 9/26/96 -1000, you wrote:
>Aloha
>
>I use take-home components on several of my exams. I find them very
>effective. I use it to get students to work together, so cheating is
>not an issue. I use it to cover some material that I consider
>challenging - by calling it a take home exam, students tend to take it
>more seriously than homework. If you are concerned about "cheating"
>make the exam worth fewer points. I also allow students to do test
>corrections (for a percentage of the missed points) rather than go over
>the exam in class.
>
>Good luck
>
>Kate Acks
>
>On Thu, 26 Sep 1996, Robert Garry wrote:
>
>> Aloha Mathfolks!
>>
>> Does anyone have experience with the use of take home exams?
>>
>> Do you think they are effective?
>>
>> What about cheating?
>>
>> I would be interested in your thoughts, wisdom and anecdotes.
>>
>> Many Thanks,
>>
>> Robert Garry
>>
>
I agree with Kate. I use 10 point problems (approximately) as part of a 100
point exam. These pproblems are too difficult or too time consuming to do
on an in-class test. I tell the students that I not only allow but
ENCOURAGE them to work together. In fact, One of my main reasons for giving
take home tests is to establish the idea that group ;work is beneficial for
learning. Studnets who do homework and study together tned to do better and
in my classes and also seem to enjoy math more than "loners." (Correlation
or causation?)
Bret Taylor Lake-Sumter Community College Leesburg FL
"It matters not the subject taught, nor all the books on all the shelves.
What matters more, yes most of all, is what the teachers are themselves."
John Wooden
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