1. Do Open-Book Exams Impede Long-Term Learning in Introductory Biology Courses?
- Author
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Moore, Randy and Jensen, Philip A.
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OPEN-book examinations , *BIOLOGY education , *STUDENT attitudes , *EDUCATIONAL tests & measurements , *ATTITUDE (Psychology) , *EDUCATION research - Abstract
This section presents a study which examined the impact of open-book examinations on students' grades, academic behaviors and long-term learning in an introductory biology course. The study showed that open-book examinations do not promote long-term learning. The outcomes showed that students who took open-book examinations and could look up answers on in-semester lecture examinations missed significantly more of the same questions on the closed-book final examination. In this regard, the author believed that having open-book examinations during the semester put students at a significant disadvantage on the final examination.
- Published
- 2007