A professor shared what he does for his students during exams — and TikTok users are applauding him.On Dec.
9, a user with the handle @gamerdadtv posted a duet with another teacher (@ms.sutherd), who wanted to “normalize letting students use their notes that they take during their tests”.In the duet, @gamerdadtv, who also apparently streams on Twitch, explains why he lets his students do so.“One is when we just do quizzes, I let them do it twice because I want them to learn the thing,” he says in his TikTok.“So if they get something wrong, they go back, check it and they do it again and they remember it.
I’m not just gatekeeping and trying to get them to memorize”.“Two: I get them to make a journal,” he continues.
“They make notes all the way through the course, and they can bring their journal to their final exam ’cause they’ve done the research”.Again, I’m not trying to teach them to memorize things — I can’t memorize everything — I’m teaching them to problem-solve, to learn”.The TikTok has since gone viral, with many TikTok users praised him for being understanding.“Goat,” one person wrote.
“Not all of us learn the same way”.“You make great students,” another added