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<blockquote data-quote="muttmeister" data-source="post: 17693" data-attributes="member: 135"><p>As a teacher, I gave both open book tests and the other kind. Ideally, a closed book test is to test things you HAVE to know and remember and master, like the multiplication tables or, if you are going to be a chemist, the periodic table. An open book test is for testing whether or not you can apply concepts. You can use the book to find the basic facts you need: they are things you would probably not memorize. But then you have to show that you can apply the idea, concept, formula, or whatever. An English teacher might let you have the novel open if you were asked to evaluate the writing. An art teacher might let you look at the paintings while you critiquing them. I don't think that teachers should expect kids to memorize everything that is taught. Often those things are background to help you understand larger concepts. If you need to know them, you can look them up. You might not need to learn that Andrew Jackson was the 7th President but you might need to know how he affected the history of the US. I think there is a place for both kinds of tests but, too often, teachers give an open book test because they haven't sufficiently taught the material and they want the kids to do well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="muttmeister, post: 17693, member: 135"] As a teacher, I gave both open book tests and the other kind. Ideally, a closed book test is to test things you HAVE to know and remember and master, like the multiplication tables or, if you are going to be a chemist, the periodic table. An open book test is for testing whether or not you can apply concepts. You can use the book to find the basic facts you need: they are things you would probably not memorize. But then you have to show that you can apply the idea, concept, formula, or whatever. An English teacher might let you have the novel open if you were asked to evaluate the writing. An art teacher might let you look at the paintings while you critiquing them. I don't think that teachers should expect kids to memorize everything that is taught. Often those things are background to help you understand larger concepts. If you need to know them, you can look them up. You might not need to learn that Andrew Jackson was the 7th President but you might need to know how he affected the history of the US. I think there is a place for both kinds of tests but, too often, teachers give an open book test because they haven't sufficiently taught the material and they want the kids to do well. [/QUOTE]
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