http://abstractnonesnse.wordpress.com/2007/07/13/an-in-classtake-home-midterm/ trying to make esnse out of all the nonesnse Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:46:07 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://abstractnonesnse.wordpress.com/2007/07/13/an-in-classtake-home-midterm/#comment-3 ulfarsson Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:41:07 +0000 http://abstractnonesnse.wordpress.com/2007/07/13/an-in-classtake-home-midterm/#comment-3 That is a very good point. However, I tried to have the problems around the same difficulty level. And the vision was that students could take care of the problems that they were comfortable with in-class and take the rest home. Of course this is a bit idealistic. This is kind of what happened as the students only turned in two common problems for the in-class part of the exam. That is a very good point. However, I tried to have the problems around the same difficulty level. And the vision was that students could take care of the problems that they were comfortable with in-class and take the rest home. Of course this is a bit idealistic. This is kind of what happened as the students only turned in two common problems for the in-class part of the exam.

]]> http://abstractnonesnse.wordpress.com/2007/07/13/an-in-classtake-home-midterm/#comment-2 John Armstrong Tue, 17 Jul 2007 04:03:46 +0000 http://abstractnonesnse.wordpress.com/2007/07/13/an-in-classtake-home-midterm/#comment-2 What I'd worry about is that take-home problems have to be an order of magnitude more difficult/contrived than in-class problems to compensate for the availability of resources like the textbook. I'd think most students would be able to identify the hard problems and take the same ones home, which then amounts to just giving fixed in-class and take-home sections. What I’d worry about is that take-home problems have to be an order of magnitude more difficult/contrived than in-class problems to compensate for the availability of resources like the textbook. I’d think most students would be able to identify the hard problems and take the same ones home, which then amounts to just giving fixed in-class and take-home sections.

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