Open-book examinations were first started by the UoL in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. From that time onwards till this year’s October/November session, students have been allowed to carry ...

Online Quizzes and Exams. Traditional high-stakes exams become more complicated for those teaching online courses. Students can be scattered across time zones with varying internet access, speed, and ...

Students may have the perception that open-book exams require less preparation as compared to closed-book exams but this is definitely not the case. In open-book exams, students have to compare, ...

Last spring, as I was preparing for a new semester, I had an epiphany: Closed-book exams seem to unfairly aid students who excel at memorization. So I decided to allow my classes to use notes ...

Closed-book exams were also under fire. “The days of exams where you’re memorising content just to reproduce it are well and truly over,” Professor Alexander said.

Students have criticised the University of Glasgow for reintroducing in-person exams for some courses at short notice. Open-book, online exams were introduced in 2020 due to the pandemic. A group ...

But it is challenging to design good questions for assessing students’ understanding of research methods in closed book exams. There is a fine balance between ensuring the often broad and ambitious ...

In the average education institution, every end-of-semester is the time when lecturers are required to be invigilators for closed-book examinations (see note 1) which usually last between 1.5 ...