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...Music 1, English 160, Hum. 141d, and several other large courses meeting Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday at 11 a.m. all hold their exams on June 4, the next to the last day of exam period...
Humanities 141d will hold its first examination on Monday, May 21, at 9:15 a.m. in Memorial Hall. Philosophy 193 holds its first exam the same day at 2:15 p.m. in Mem Hall...
SOMETIME soon, those who debate the proper role of examinations and papers in course instruction are going to realize that the examination is a test of the teacher as well as the student. In an exam, the educator can prove that his course was a venture in teaching, or that it was devoid of all content save rote memorization; that the reading offered perspective as well as raw data; that the lectures were designed to teach rather than merely to reflect the teacher's personal intellectual abilities. Conversely, the exams may simply demonstrate that the lecturer had nothing better...
...conflict between final exam and papers is mostly based upon the differences between emphasis upon memory and upon understanding. This should not be, for papers have a much narrower focus than exams and may therefore reflect less the student's general ability. The choice between papers and exams must rest upon deciding whether the study should be tested on the whole count or whether he should simply be asked to show understanding of a particular segment. But the difference between open-and closed-book exams in basically that between demanding memory and inviting the student organize and use facts...
Open-book exams place a responsibility on the professor and demand that he do more than tell student which formulas, dates, names, and theories to memorize. Perhaps it is time to consider whether memorization-for-credit should really be a credit course at Harvard--and if so, it is also time to consider whether the open-book exam should become the rule rather than the exception...