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jmhcustomart2004
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http://profiles.yahoo.com/jmhcustomart2004> >Sat Apr 2, 2011 10:45 pm (PDT)
>Actually, I never really understood the purpose of an "open book" test.
You'd have to
> be a complete moron to flunk such a test.
That depends on how they write the test. There are several levels of
memory: recognition, recall, integration. A closed-book test relies on
memorization. While you can write questions that test the student's
understanding and ability to make use of the information, the results are
always going to be biased toward the ones who can memorize the information
most completely. In the "real world", we usually have access to reference
material. I have a bookcase full of reference books next to my desk at
work, and if you are online, Google and Wikipedia are a mouse click away.
Knowing what you know, what you don't know, what to look for, and the most
efficient way to find it, are the keys.
If you don't know and understand the information, having a stack of
references isn't going to help, not when there is a time limit. I've had
open-book tests that were far harder than most, if not all, of the
closed-book tests I've had - my ASQ CQA certification exam was open-book.
Passing score is 80%, and over half the people who take it fail. (Then there
were the steep fees you had to pay to take the test...no pressure. ;o)
Rod
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