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nearly every exam I had at University, as a Computer Engineer, allowed 1 sheet of notes. So they were already not focusing on memorization even 20 years ago.
by metalliqaz 5y ago
nearly every exam I had at University, as a Computer Engineer, allowed 1 sheet of notes. So they were already not focusing on memorization even 20 years ago.
- kwhitefoot 5y agoAll of my B.Sc. Applied Physics exams including the finals were open note (anything in your own hand plus any duplicated sheets handed out in lectures). My finals were in 1977, Exeter Uni. There was no limit on how many notes one brought in to an exam. Some of the weaker students turned up with rucksacks full of ring binders and the invigilators had frequently to admonish them to make less noise rustling the papers! Those students almost all failed or attained only a pass degree. In my opinion this successfully weeded out those who thought that memorisation was enough. The exams typically never asked anything that could be answered simply by looking up the answer in notes or even the textbook.
- rootusrootus 5y agoI just finished up my masters in CS from OMSCS at GT and some of the classes allow a sheet of notes. It's still a thing, even in the days of online education and proctor software.
- pinkman68419 5y agoI graduated that program a few years ago. The best final I had was Intro to HPC, you were allowed to use book, notes, internet, etc. The questions were open-ended and in-depth enough that the average on the test was still around 60-70 IIRC. You need a very deep understanding of the material to answer the questions sufficiently.
- dehrmann 5y agoYes, the sheet of notes means you're not memorizing formulae, but I'm 95% sure the real motivator for professors to allow them is you learn when you put the notes together.