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[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 43 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Eventually it's less a test of what you know, and more a test of how quick can you get through a reference guide.

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 33 points 1 month ago (3 children)

It's a way to trick kids into studying and to raise test scores.

Also to have some rare fun when people do the above.

[–] mindaika@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 month ago

I’m not a teacher, but honestly I think that’s a fine way to do things. If you can create a resource to answer questions from and find answers using it in a timely manner, then the problem is solved. You’ve learned how to answer questions

Several of my coworkers cannot use resources already provided (Google) to find answers to common questions

[–] GiveMemes@jlai.lu 3 points 1 month ago

Btw if anybody is still in school, this is still a great study method. I make cheat sheets for my exams and the challenge of streamlining the important information from a semester to a single page is the best study method I've found, because not only do you have to devise what is and isn't important, but by handwriting it you remember even more. The best part is, it doesn't take a ton of time to study this way, especially compared to rereading the text or going over notes.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Accept my teachers increased the difficulty for those test and if we had to use calculators oh man did they make it complicated. Total jerks.

[–] general_kitten@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well usually that way the tests aren't just about if you remember a specific formula but if you can actually use them effectively and that is a much more important skill.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 1 points 1 month ago

Someonw should have told that to my school. It was always the thing we learned with overly complex numbers. Always cost us so much time.

[–] BurningRiver 3 points 1 month ago

You kind of have to accept it, the teachers write the tests.