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mike_c

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8. agree about the notes

Reply to FirstLight (Reply #3)

Wed Jun 18, 2025, 07:26 PM

Jun 18

I gave lots of take home exams, for which I assumed students would use their text, notes, and whatever other resources they could find. I explicitly allowed that-- I couldn't have stopped them if I'd wanted to, so I just rolled with it. It gave me the freedom to ask hard, synthetic questions and to skip the regurgitation stuff altogether. They had to think about the answers to hard questions, and to assess the quality of information they found online, etc. I'm real happy when undergrads can perform that way.

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French students banned from using computers during lectures [View all] highplainsdem Jun 18 OP

I think it would be a positive thing for America - our education system has walkingman Jun 18 #1

Blue Books will be making a huge comeback. Basso8vb Jun 18 #2

Those were the test books where I went to school. riversedge Jun 18 #5

Right? Note taking is a lost skill!!!! FirstLight Jun 18 #3

agree about the notes mike_c Jun 18 #8

I remember before personal computers, some students would use portable typewriters in lectures LiberalArkie Jun 18 #4

LOL, I never saw that in college or grad school. maxsolomon Jun 19 #9

Wasn't that many, mainly those that had lousy handwriting but were greased lightning on the little typewriters. LiberalArkie Jun 19 #11

when I began teaching 30 years ago... mike_c Jun 18 #6

Cornell note taking was the only way I got through school berniesandersmittens Jun 18 #7

Notetaking on a tablet or laptop is perfectly fine. maxsolomon Jun 19 #10