A teacher of mine had similar rules in highschool, and I remember one girl brought a fucking scroll that unfurled down to the floor.
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
Btw if anybody is still in school, this is still a great study method. I make cheat sheets for my exams and the challenge of streamlining the important information from a semester to a single page is the best study method I’ve found, because not only do you have to devise what is and isn’t important, but by handwriting it you remember even more. The best part is, it doesn’t take a ton of time to study this way, especially compared to rereading the text or going over notes.
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.
Philosophy students: Turn up with the textbook along with all of their notes, and write a dissertation on why it all qualified as “one-sided.”
“Shhh! Don’t tell the students that letting them make a note card is actually tricking them into studying! SHHH!”
Cool professors just give you a formula sheet.
It’s called newtons laws and it’s all the formulas you need except for the entirety of the SI and conversion ratios to American equivalents which you are expected to have memorized beforehand. Welcome to dynamics. /hj
Honestly, if I saw that in class I wouldn’t care because it’s funny and helps with real world examples of some concepts
