Re: Would like to find study group for computer science comprehensive exams.

In article <5o73g6FijrhpU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Jamie Andrews; real address @ bottom of message <me@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Patricia Shanahan <pats@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Change the question in a subtle way that looks rather like the previous
question. ...
[...]
Yes; if you're lucky, you can use that technique for
generating new questions. Some courses are easier than others
to use that technique on.

Yes, that's right. Typically, the more advanced the class (and advanced
classes are the ones for which the argument for open-book exams carries more
weight), the more difficult it is to just "tweak the question."

As I said, I generally favor open-book exams for advanced classes, but at
the same time I suspect Patricia Shanahan has little experience teaching
the same graduate class year after year and hence underestimates the
challenges involved.

In response to the complaints of the person who started this thread---don't
try to force USENET to bend to your will; take it for what it is. You'll
probably get some free help if you post questions occasionally. You're not
likely to find a tutor that will commit to you for a negotiated sum of
money. For that, you're probably better off advertising locally.
--
Tim Chow tchow-at-alum-dot-mit-dot-edu
The range of our projectiles---even ... the artillery---however great, will
never exceed four of those miles of which as many thousand separate us from
the center of the earth. ---Galileo, Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences
.