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Final Exam Review Ideas
In a study of student perceptions of teacher misbehaviors, Kearny, Plax, Hays and Ivey (1991) report that a common complaint by students involved "unfair testing" practices. Students list the following faculty misbehaviors related to tests:
Asks trick questions on tests, exams do not relate to the lectures, tests are too difficult, questions are too ambiguous, and/or teacher does not review for exams. (Kearny, et al, 1991)
Reviewing for final exams is a valuable way to help students to learn. Exam reviews also help to reduce test anxiety (Weimer, 1998).