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Law exams are open book; Engineering exams are not. I'm not sure exactly what the distinction is - apart from law being "soft" and requiring argument - but it'
by hyperpallium2 4y ago
Law exams are open book; Engineering exams are not.
I'm not sure exactly what the distinction is - apart from law being "soft" and requiring argument - but it's deeper than inability to reuse past papers.
- IIAOPSW 4y agoLots of engineering exams are open book. The only closed book ones are the freshman & some sophomore weeder classes.
- hyperpallium2 4y agoThanks - looks like this has already changed in line with GGP since my time. https://peer.asee.org/open-book-problem-solving-in-engineering-an-exploratory-study.pdf https://peer.asee.org/open-book-problem-solving-in-engineeri... [pdf]
- jfim 4y agoI'm glad they were actually, it allowed us to focus on learning the material instead of copying all the formulas from the textbook onto a notes sheet.