Study Guides or No Study Guides

Are you one of those instructors that give your students study guides? I am a fan of study guides. I give my students study guides so that they are better prepared to succeed. I have discovered that when you thoroughly prepare your students by lecturing on the topic, demonstrating if applicable, allowing time for hands-on if applicable, reviewing, and sharing a study guide, students take full responsibility if they are unsuccessful on a test. Students do not complain when you have given them every thing you have to set them up for success on a test. My study guides make students work for the answers, and they are not identical to the tests, but if they know the material on the study guide, they can ace the test. I have found that some instructors frown upon study guides. Are you a proponent or opponent of study guides?

Patricia Crozier

I go back and forth with this one (not with the same class!) Some students seem to want it all handed to them on a plate and then I resist the study guides but really work hard at making sure they UNDERSTAND everything, and encourage them to 'branch out' in their critical thinking.

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Teresa Spencer

I am a fan of study guides too! I have designed mine like you have. They have to work for the answers, nothing is handed to them. I find it to be just one more source to prepare for their test. Also, I inform the students that the test will not just be from that guide. I am opposed to having all test questions on the guide. I think they need to review all notes, text book, etc.

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Mary Rojas

I think a General study guide is good especially if there is a lot of information to cover in ashort period of time

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Study Guides or No Study Guides