chipotleslayer

Hi Deborah,

In high school, we had to do a religion project in which we were each assigned a religion to study and present to the class. I was assigned the People's Temple. I read quite a few books on the ordeal and articles and whatnot online. One thing that I really never understood is the drills, or "white nights" I believe they were said to have been called.

Were they common?

What exactly happened during those drills?

Do you think people assumed that last night was another White Night and just went along with it at first?

What level(s) do you teach?

One of my old high school math teachers used to give open note, open book tests, but the actual material on the test was slightly more challenging. His theory was that it was to hone our skills with using our book as a resource and rewarded the students that took good notes and were well prepared. This happens often at my university as well, at least the open book part. Do you ever do this with exams?

And how easy is it to tell when a student does not have an adequate foundation for you to build off in your subject. And how do you balance catching those students up with moving the higher level students in the same class forward?