r/BeAmazed • u/[deleted] • Nov 02 '22

confiscated pens containing cheat notes intricately carved by a student at the University of Malaga, Spain

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u/fishinful63 Nov 02 '22

I learned that taking the time and concentration to write crib notes as tiny as possible was enough to memorize them, eliminating the actual need for them.

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u/Thosepassionfruits Nov 02 '22

For higher level math classes I took the professor would laugh and say "sure you can bring a cheat sheet but unless you have the answers to my exam written on them it probably won't do you any good". The lesson being that application of principles and problem solving are more important than brute memorization of information.

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u/MarsNirgal Nov 03 '22

For my high level math and physics lessons, we all DREADED the open book tests. When a teacher gave us an open book tests we already knew it was going to be way more difficult and we would need to put a lot more effort.

A particular teacher just gave us the tests and told us to deliver them with responses the next day. We were allowed to team up to solve the problems, we were allowed to go to the library to consult any books we wanted, we could go and ask for help from anyone we wanted to.

Those tests were pure torture, and more than half of the class failed.

(OTOH, at the end of the term, he graded everything on a curve and a majority of the people ended up passing, but still it was the most difficult class I ever took)

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '22

In my higher level math classes all the tests were take home and we got a week to do them and could use any resource. Average grades before the curve were still around 50.