March 11, 2012

I get e-mails

My students are working on their take-home, open-book exam this weekend. I've encouraged them to ask questions.

But so far, nearly all of the questions are answered in the instructions. For example:

Where do we turn in the exam?
How do we cite sources?
Are we allowed to cite lecture?
How long should the essay be?

When I teach my own classes, I think I will include some sort of bonus in the instructions to reward the three people who actually read them. It would be like leaving a $20 in a hotel Bible.