tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post113771879156261292..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: A "Major Phelps" MomentDarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-1138323867100933392006-01-26T17:04:00.000-08:002006-01-26T17:04:00.000-08:00If she can memorize a study guide, why not memoriz...If she can memorize a study guide, why not memorize what she's supposed to learn?!Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-1138311395318908762006-01-26T13:36:00.000-08:002006-01-26T13:36:00.000-08:00I have a student this year who will come into a te...I have a student this year who will come into a test and keep a blank sheet of paper on her desk. When the test begins, she immediately writes the entire study guide and all of its info onthe blank sheet -- from memory. Then she can relax about the info and just take the test. Amazing.grayciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13188392312385509613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-1138213343909543952006-01-25T10:22:00.000-08:002006-01-25T10:22:00.000-08:00That was a rant???That was a rant???Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-1138211129842367332006-01-25T09:45:00.000-08:002006-01-25T09:45:00.000-08:00Darren,How I remember those days of college & the ...Darren,<BR/><BR/>How I remember those days of college & the really brutal testers allowing "cheat sheets". My enemy taught diffie calc :)<BR/><BR/>How about teaching a class though where just to pass an "easy" (read: simplistic) exam the students had a cheat sheet and the avg score was still far too low. This year I'm teaching sophomore algebra & have had to "review", actually go back and teach:signed numbers, multiplication, order of operations, operations with simple fractions ... essentially redo their knowledge of middle school math. I'm alternating teaching them the Algebra II curriculum with teaching middle school math. So, cheat sheets don't really work, they have little underlying knowledge to build upon. <BR/><BR/>Ah, that felt good. Thanks for allowing a mini-rant :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-1137820185178489952006-01-20T21:09:00.000-08:002006-01-20T21:09:00.000-08:00On my cheat sheet i wrote down a problem out of th...On my cheat sheet i wrote down a problem out of the book line by line and low and behold it was on the final. I think it was the domain of a composite function. Great story by the way.<BR/><BR/>Chris TAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-1137779101358895322006-01-20T09:45:00.000-08:002006-01-20T09:45:00.000-08:00About three years ago, the night before the midter...About three years ago, the night before the midterm, we found out that one of our colleagues had put apostrophes in front of all the formulas and functions in one of the Excel problems from class (this will show the function, and not the result), printed it, and given it to his students as a study guide.<BR/><BR/>One of the problems on the midterm was almost exactly the same -- so we had to change the problem. The night before.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-1137727299592942812006-01-19T19:21:00.000-08:002006-01-19T19:21:00.000-08:00I know the enemy and he is you! 90%...talk about b...I know the enemy and he is you! <BR/><BR/>90%...talk about blow the curve! <BR/><BR/>Back at the engineering school at the University of No Opportunity, aka New Orleans, you'd be looking over your shoulder for a few weeks! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com