Comment by thaumasiotes
3 hours ago
> well most university exams are designed to measure how much you study.
Huh? They're designed to measure how much you know. They can't see how much you study, nor would they have reason to be interested.
3 hours ago
> well most university exams are designed to measure how much you study.
Huh? They're designed to measure how much you know. They can't see how much you study, nor would they have reason to be interested.
at least in my experience in university - i didn't really ask this question, since it is obvious to me, but some students have asked it during lecture, or some instructors have volunteered the answer ahead of time - if you ask how to perform better on the exam, usually the instructors say, "here's what you should study." they never say, "know more." the thing i am talking about is consistent with the paper. really, your takeaway should be, exams can't see how much you know!
Because "know more" isn't actionable. Knowing more is achieved by studying but not necessarily more time spent studying, but well spent effort. Staring at the page for hours and saying "I don't understand" doesn't help. Solve exercise problems, explain the material to fellow students, discuss it with them, make mind maps, bullet point summaries, work through derivations step by step, etc. There are many techniques.
At the end of the day though what matters is what you know. Furthermore, if it's a serious subject, it shouldn't matter whether you learned it from this teacher or from another school and teacher, as long as your knowledge is correct. Knowing the idiosyncracies of this particular teacher should not factor into the grade. A serious subject can be learned on one continent and examined on another. Bullshit courses are all about learning pet peeves and hobby horses of a particular teacher.
You become a person who knows more, by studying more about the things you need to know.
I would usually say something along the lines of “everything we covered is on the table” or “everything we covered since the last exam is on the table” depending on the nature of the test. That’s the same message as “know more” but I think it sounds politer.