A year ago, an open-book test was thought of as a great privilege — a sort of breath of fresh air from the tedium of constant memorization. Then, everything changed. As COVID-19 spread, our methods of ...

I knew what the e-mail was going to be about the minute I saw the sender and the title: My Final Grade for the Semester. I dreaded the necessary response. The message came from Sarah, one of the top ...

Afshin Gharib and William Phillips are associate professors of psychology at the Dominican University of California. They are also carpool buddies. On drives to and from work, they used to argue over ...

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As Harvard students dispersed by the coronavirus pandemic complete their first week of online classes, faculty say they have faith in the College’s Honor Code to guard against the temptation of ...

Afshin Gharib, a psychology professor at Dominican University of California, prefers to give open-book tests. His colleague William Phillips lets... Cheat Sheet Or Open Book: Putting Tests To The Test ...