04.14
Posting has been a little sporadic lately, with design deadlines and teaching. Tonight I am giving another structural analysis test on moment distribution, the force method and the stiffness method. Should be a fun night.
One of the things that came up in class is the amount of time scheduled for the test. From what I understand, the time period for a test should be 3-4 times what it takes for me to do the test. (Last test I gave them an extra 30 minutes and they still had trouble finishing.)
So the students asked me to make sure the test could be finished in two hours. I took my test and I did it in about 41 minutes, so it should work out. The interesting thing to me was that students did not want extra time. They want me to shut down the test at the end of two hours.
When I give the final in three weeks, the test will only last two hours because that is how long I have the room…but I always felt that, if we had the choice, students would like extra time to work on an exam. I didn’t want the excuse to be “if I only had more time”.
Am I crazy?
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