Xref: utzoo sci.math:5049 sci.physics:5076 comp.edu:1510 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!bellcore!rutgers!cbmvax!vu-vlsi!hvrunix!sbelcas From: sbelcas@hvrunix.UUCP (Sarah Belcastro) Newsgroups: sci.math,sci.physics,comp.edu Subject: Re: How to beat the high cost of text books! Summary: hmm.. Message-ID: <487@hvrunix.UUCP> Date: 8 Dec 88 01:37:20 GMT References: <1124@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu> <1809@sun.soe.clarkson.edu> Organization: Haverford College, Haverford, PA Lines: 26 In article <1809@sun.soe.clarkson.edu>, coughlij@clutx.clarkson.edu ( Jason Coughlin,221 Rey,84176,) writes: > >From: vkr@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu (Vidhyanath K. Rao) > >Newsgroups: sci.math,sci.physics,comp.edu > >Subject: Re: How to beat the high cost of text books! B > >always be looked up in the real world; a definition can be looked up; a > >theorem can be looked up; the understanding of what these mean cannot be > >looked up. > > Now THIS is a solution! And I agree entirely!! In fact, so does > my comp sci professor. All examinations are open notes and open book. Any > data structure, any formula, any algorithm already written can be looked up. > However, his problems are new faces on old people. One must find the solution > not just the forumla. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Jason Coughlin, i prefer the type of tests that my profs tend to give: open-book, untimed. just no collaboration. These allow students to schedule them when they need to and learn new concepts on the tests themselves, or to take as much time for a proof as they need. Of course, i suppose this only works if you have an honor code like we do. --sarah marie belcastro Bitnet: (PLEASE!!!) s_belcastro@hvrford