Part of the contemporary pedagogical trial-and-error efforts to improve techniques of classroom testing has focused upon the use of the open book examination. In such an examination the student is allowed to make use of any materials at his disposal, including textbooks, lecture notes, and dictionaries, but does not obtain answers either directly or indirectly from other students.Tussing (2) summarizes the various arguments for using the open book test as:
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