Open-book examinations

Open Book Examinations in Ai Teaching: a Case Study

This paper discusses the benefits of using open book examinations in artificial intelligence teaching on the case of a 4th year MEng module, Adaptive and Learning Agents, and the experience gathered over three years in the design of the exam paper.

a survey of students' perspectives of open-book examinations in histology/embryology

abstract: background and purpose: an open-book exam permits the examinees to consult some selected reference sources or materials while answering the exam questions. this study focused on students' perspectives of open-book examinations in histology/ embryology courses, zahedan university of medical sciences (zums), zahedan, iran. methods: the survey was conducted via a questionnaire after open...

A historic “open book fracture”

"Open book fracture" is rare. It is one of the most dangerous pelvic fractures. It is usually associated with abdominal, vascular and nervous injuries requiring a multidisciplinary team for its management. Its treatment is mainly surgical. Only some cases are published in recent literature. The mechanism is usually complex and the consequences usually dramatic. We report in this case a very rar...

Torsion and Open Book Decompositions

We show that if (B, π) is an open book decomposition of a contact 3–manifold (Y, ξ), then the complement of the binding B has no Giroux torsion. We also prove the sutured Heegaard-Floer c-bar invariant of the binding of an open book is non-zero.

Closing the Open (Face) Book