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SL American Government - l8989v - 01-31-2016
Starting this course, because it seems fairly interesting to me and a good course to start!
Any tips? I'm gonna buy the textbook (however gonna see if I can get it cheaper somewhere else.)
Are there study guides available? List of possible questions I can take to prepare for the quizzes and final exams?
Thank you so much!
-Linda
SL American Government - redriver - 01-31-2016
It's open book. You are better off with the Ebook so you can ctrl+f. It's a fairly easy course. If you know anything about politics it should flow naturally. Questions are straight forward. Take the first test to see how they are worded. You can always retake the first exam only.
SL American Government - AngelaP - 01-31-2016
As stated above, definitely get the ebook. I think I rented it through Chegg, cheaper than SL. You can do this course quickly, but the key with all SL courses is using ebooks so you can search.
SL American Government - ladylearner - 02-01-2016
l8989v Wrote:Starting this course, because it seems fairly interesting to me and a good course to start!
Any tips? I'm gonna buy the textbook (however gonna see if I can get it cheaper somewhere else.)
Are there study guides available? List of possible questions I can take to prepare for the quizzes and final exams?
Thank you so much!
-Linda
I agree with the others who suggest the e-book. This was a fairly easy class with an open book exam.
SL American Government - NC Coach - 02-01-2016
This class is on my list to do soon as well. Hopefully the ebook price will drop some more between now and then. :-)
SL American Government - l8989v - 02-02-2016
I rented the ebook through Chegg for 52$!
However, the exam isn't open book anymore. Apparently they changed it last week :'( Who well, I'll do some extra studying and look for flashcards or something!
SL American Government - adavis84 - 02-02-2016
l8989v Wrote:I rented the ebook through Chegg for 52$!
However, the exam isn't open book anymore. Apparently they changed it last week :'(...
This is a bummer. I was going to sign up for this last week, but decided to wait. That'll teach me.
According to Online Proctoring Details anyone enrolled after 01/28/16 will have a closed book exam for not only this, but these others which previously had open book:
Macroeconomics
Microeconomics
Intro to Philosophy
Intro to Sociology
SL American Government - AngelaP - 02-02-2016
I wonder how many more classes they will change to this. Hopefully, they will make the tests reflect the info you should actually be learning instead of some of the off the wall words in a sentence you had to search for.
SL American Government - adavis84 - 02-02-2016
Couldn't agree more. If SL's tests weren't so heavily rooted in the exact wording of the specific text they use for the course, I'd be less concerned about the open vs closed book exams as well as take them more seriously as an effective learning tool. For me, at this point, I feel SL is less a learning tool as it is a credit generating tool. Others have likely had different experiences, but the SL courses I have taken are more like "x amount of effort gets me 3 credits" rather than knowledge I retain and take with me. I actually steer away from SL if I want a deeper understanding of the material (as with microbiology) or use them only after I've used other tools first (as I did with calc). Still a valuable tool, but has serious room to improve. Perhaps this is just me, though. Anyhow...
/off-topic rant
SL American Government - Leherself - 02-02-2016
Oh, wow, I got in there at the last minute! Signed up for mine mid-January, so all my stuff is still open book.
And I'd agree with what other people have said - the tests are more like "can you remember this exact quote from the book" than they are tests of the kinds of knowledge you should get from the course. What gets me is that the slides / actual "class" portion is basically useless as far as the quizzes go. In an actual classroom it's almost always the exact opposite, since the teacher wants to emphasize the things they actually want you to learn.