半开卷考试改革的实践与思考

Consideration and Practice of Partly Open-book Examination Reform

半开卷考试是指学生参加考试可以自带一张写有考试课程内容和公式的A4纸进入考场。文中以化学工程与工艺专业的《化学反应工程》课程期末考试为案例,分析探讨了半开卷考试的优点和弊端,认为半开卷减轻了学生死记硬背的负担,提高了学生学习的主动性和自觉性,培养了学生独立思考和分析问题解决问题的能力,但也造成一些学生对半开卷考试的误解,产生对半开卷考试抱有侥幸心理,甚至出现新的考试作弊行为。半开卷考试是考试制度改革的一次新尝试,建议教学管理部门积极配合完善这一考试方式。

Partly open-book examination refers to a means of examination that students take part in examination with a A4 paper on which some contents about the exam and formulas are written. In this paper, the advantages and disadvantages of partly open-book examination have been discussed by giving an example of the partly open-book examination used in chemical engineering course for chemical engineering and technology students. The author considered that partly open-book examination can reduce the burden of rote memory, improve the students＇ initiative and consciousness for studies, and have trained the students＇ abilities to think, analyze and resolve problems independently. But partly open-book examination can also result in some misunderstandings of students, so these students may have lucky mentality for open-book examination. At the same time, this examination manner may lead to new fraud behaviors. Partly open-book examination is a new try of the exam system reform, and it is suggested that the teaching administrative department should cooperate to perfects this examination manner actively.