Archive for February, 2010

Mastering Take-Home Tests

If you were in college and given the option of taking an exam in class or at home, which would you select?  Most students would select the take-home test without hesitating.  There’s something appealing about taking a test at your own place according to your own schedule. Honestly, though, take-home tests are often harder than [...]

Feb 08, 2010 | 0 comments View Post

The Science of Taking an Oral Exam

Standardized tests have long been revered as the adjudicators of a student’s successful future.  However, they may have a strong contender; the ever formidable and much mentioned, oral exam.  In a January, 2007 polling of medical specialty boards, it was discovered that oral exams were a requirement for 15 out of 24 board-certification approval processes.  [...]

Feb 05, 2010 | 1 comment View Post