Chapter Test Bank

EXColony · #1 07-06-2004, 07:42 PM

We have a real good scholarship program that helped our chapter gain .68 points, but we're looking to expand it with a test bank.

Do Greeks still use them and if they do how do you set one up?

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Kevin · #2 07-06-2004, 07:45 PM

Sure. As long as it's not done through deceitful means such as stealing the tests, what's wrong with it? A professor should know better than to give the same test from year to year. Knowing what types of questions to expect on a test is helpful, but I wouldn't go so far as to saying it's an unfair advantage. You could just ask someone who had already had the class.

Test banks are good.

IowaStatePhiPsi · #3 07-06-2004, 07:49 PM

Nothing wrong with a test bank or note bank.
Consider it another resource like going to the library.

EXColony · #4 07-06-2004, 07:51 PM

Can you tell me what they consists of?

JP

jubilance1922 · #5 07-06-2004, 08:02 PM

Test banks are easy to make, you just have everyone turn in their old tests. You could maybe make it a friendly competition among the fraternity, and the person who turns in the most tests could get a prize. Then you just file them by class name in file cabinets in a place where everyone has access to them.

_Lisa_ · #6 07-06-2004, 08:52 PM

We had a Test Bank. Besides tests it included notes, quizzes, reports, etc. None of them were used for cheating but for ideas or studying purposes. We helped make sure that no one cheated by "checking" them out. You could only have them for so long & they never left the study area.

Kevin · #7 07-06-2004, 09:31 PM

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Originally posted by crzychx
We had a Test Bank. Besides tests it included notes, quizzes, reports, etc. None of them were used for cheating but for ideas or studying purposes. We helped make sure that no one cheated by "checking" them out. You could only have them for so long & they never left the study area.

To add to that, we have a form that people fill out about each professor that they have. Very helpful when choosing gen-ed classes to know which are the hardass teachers and which are the easy ones.

Peaches-n-Cream · #8 07-06-2004, 09:41 PM

My friend was a teaching assistant so part of her job was to grade the papers. She was reading papers and thought she had deja vu. It turned out that two of her students had submitted identical papers. They both had taken the paper from their fraternity's test bank. They both failed the class as a result. It was a pretty big scandal at the time.

Kevin · #9 07-06-2004, 09:43 PM

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Originally posted by Peaches-n-Cream
My friend was a teaching assistant so part of her job was to grade the papers. She was reading papers and thought she had deja vu. It turned out that two of her students had submitted identical papers. They both had taken the paper from their fraternity's test bank. They both failed the class as a result. It was a pretty big scandal at the time.

Now copying the paper out of the test bank is just dumb.

Especially if it's at the same time.

Wow.

winneythepooh7 · #10 07-06-2004, 09:46 PM

We had this. It wasn't too up to date though from what I remember. I always shared notes and stuff with my sisters. And I agree, plagarism is just DUMB peoples!

Allie · #11 07-06-2004, 10:14 PM

We give points to girls who add to the note/test files. They have bailed me out from time to time when I needed them, they can be an awesome resource as long as sisters/brothers use them approperatly and don't plagerise as stated before.

Peaches-n-Cream · #12 07-06-2004, 11:04 PM

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Originally posted by ktsnake
Now copying the paper out of the test bank is just dumb.

Especially if it's at the same time.

Wow.

I know! They were old enough to know better, but they were very lazy. They even had the nerve to be mad at my friend for turning them in. They got busted and deserved it. Apparently, this paper had been used for quite a few semesters.

LuvUTrulyKKG · #13 07-07-2004, 12:21 AM

We have a scholarship chair who is in charge of gathering tests/quizzes/notes from sisters who have completed classes that would like their work to be used to help other sisters. If you are taking a class, you can contact the chair to see if there is info about that certain class/professor. The main reason we do this is to help each other learn from what we've learned... you get a better understanding of what the professor asks/how they ask it/etc. Turning in the same paper is definitely unacceptable and just plain stupid!

We also have professor ratings... our scholarship chair sends around a email that takes a few minutes to fill out at the end of the term for use when sisters are signing up for classes in the future!!

Corsulian · #14 07-07-2004, 12:31 AM

We're still on our way toward colonization--so our academic file is pretty small. But right now the basic format is to include the notes, essays, and tests of each class and then label the class, professor, and year. Only hard copies of things are submitted--no disks. We figure that'll lessen the temptation to cut and paste. Though the file only came into existence last March, it's already been used a number of times.

SigkapAlumWSU · #15 07-07-2004, 11:16 AM

We have one of these as well, and I can't tell you the number of times that seeing a professors exam style has helped me. When you have a prof that doesn't give a whole lot away before the first exam, it's nice to know what to expect. In my experience, the professors that really don't like these are the ones that use the same exams year after year. I would never use an old exam to cheat, but that's just stupidity on the part of the professor. A lot of professors at my school won't let you keep the exam anymore, but seeing notes from a review session can help too.