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Re: Index Card "Cheat Sheet" Can we change the name?
Posted by I never call it a cheat sheet on 7/07/08

I call it what it is - a notecard (sometimes a test card). :o)

wig


On 7/07/08, Betty Ann wrote:
> I love your ideas--but could we change the name? With all
> the time and effort we spend working on ethics and honesty,
> let's not call the card a "cheat sheet." That gives the
> message that cheating is OK--and even expected. Let's
> brainstorm and pick a more positive name for the card.
> It's "notes" or "reference" or ...I can't think of a fun
> name right now.
>
> On 7/06/08, Berta wrote:
>> Students in my HS science classes always receive a topic
>> list for the final exam about 2-3 weeks before the exam.
>> In the years when I used the index card, I limited it to 3
>> 1/2 x 5", one side only. On the other side, students put
>> their name and period. They had to write their card in
>> class, in my presence, the day before the final exam. They
>> could write as small as they wished, but could not use a
>> magnifier, or print out info and glue it on the card. At
>> the end of the period, I collected the cards, and stamped
>> them with a rubber stamp next to the name. (I had not told
>> students about that step!)Cards were distributed at the
>> beginning of the period on final exam period,and were used
>> during the entire period. Students turned in the card with
>> the test. If a student turned in a card w/o the stamp, I
>> know that they switched cards, and they received a grade
>> reduction on the test. Also, I used a different color card
>> for each period, and never used white...too easy to switch
>> cards and switch back. I began using the cards years ago
>> to reduce test anxiety; my test questions are application
>> type, so the students still had to think about the info
>> they put on the card. Over the years, I have had more than
>> one student tell me that "I didn't even need to look at
>> the card...I knew everything on it!" Gee...surprise,
>> surprise! Now that I teach in a large school, each subject
>> area in the science dept decides to use a card or not. We
>> strive to make sure that one teacher's students don't have
>> an advantage over another group. All teachers follow the
>> group decision, and the pattern I set out above if they
>> use the card. The chem & physics teachers give students
>> all the basic formulas for the semester as part of the
>> reference sheet provided with the test, so they don't use
>> the cards.
>>
>> Its interesting to me that this practice has really caught
>> on in the science area...the reality truly is that, if one
>> were doing a project in the 'real world", and hadn't
>> double checked their info, the project would be doomed,
>> and they could be fired...to me, this allows are students
>> to work with the info, and not get caught in a 'gotcha' on
>> a tiny detail.


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• Index Card "Cheat Sheet", 7/06/08, by Berta.
• Re: Index Card "Cheat Sheet", 7/07/08, by wig.
• Re: Index Card "Cheat Sheet" Can we change the name?, 7/07/08, by Betty Ann.
• Re: Index Card "Cheat Sheet" Can we change the name?, 7/07/08, by I never call it a cheat sheet.
• "Cheat Sheet & Name Change", 7/12/08, by Berta.
• cheat sheets, 9/16/08, by CES.
• Cheat Sheets, 9/23/08, by Kevin.