Student outwits teacher! Or did she?
Earlier this week, Reb Beatty, an Assistant Professor of Business Administration at Anne Arundel Community College, learned a valuable lesson in the importance of precise directions.
Apparently Beatty has a class policy that allows for the use of a 3 x 5 notecard on a test. This is actually a pretty good way to help students feel less anxious for a test and forces them to decide which information is most important.
Here's the problem. The description, "a 3 x 5 notecard" is missing an essential piece of information. Can you figure out what it is?
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There is no unit of measurement stated. Beatty thought he was allowing the use of a 3 x 5 inch notecard. But that is not what he stated in his syllabus.
Therefore, one of Beatty's very clever students arrived for the test with a 3 x 5 FOOT card for the test.
Brilliant!
Those little " " or ' ' really matter. If you don't believe me, ask the band Spinal Tap.
Being the good sport he is, Beatty allowed the student to use the note "card". I think the student actually let him off the hook by not bringing a 3 x 5 yard card.
So it would seem the students had outwitted the master. But did she really?
In the process of the student creating this hilarious note card, she had to review all of her materials, type out her "cheat sheets", and arrange them in a logical order so she would be able to locate the essential information. Do you know what she was doing the entire time she was building this practical joke? She was thinking. She was very thoroughly reviewing her class materials.
Regardless of the size of her card or the information contained on it, she still had to apply that knowledge. If one of my students took that much time to prepare for a test, I would be thrilled! The student reviewed for the test and Beatty learned the importance of a couple of " ". I'd say both parties ended up winners in this one.
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