Thursday, February 01, 2007

Tomorrow: Operations Exam 1

Tomorrow is the first exam of the quarter, for Operations Class.
The class is engaging, but closely follows the textbook publisher's
provided materials, which has us students wondering if the exam will be
as detail oriented as the publisher's study exams. After all, if the
professor closely follows the book in class, why wouldn't he use the
book's exams?
That prospect has me a bit nervous. Multiple choice exams with
misleading wording are simply not beneficial for students. They don't
teach anything, or force students to grasp the ideas, or tcorrelate with
the functional skills needed in the business world. Instead, they
encourage rote memorization and actually punish those who take
functional approaches to studying.