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hollandheese
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Bring Back the Blue-Book Exam
Huh? Blue books are typically used for essays and are graded whole.
I've never seen anyone attempt blue books for anything else.
SoftTalker
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Late 1980s blue books for almost everything that wasn’t multiple choice. The other style was multiple pages, with large “show your work here” areas below each question.
rubidium
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I used them in graduate physics courses 2008-2010
ramenbytes
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And I used them in a graduate physics course last fall.
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I've never seen anyone attempt blue books for anything else.