[AccessD] Slashdot: SQL vs Access for Learning DatabaseConce pts?

Greetings,

I'll never understand the thinking behind these types of restrictions.
It seems similar to the mentality that once outlawed calculator usage
during mathematics exams even after you passed basic arithmetic.  I
can't imagine what an instructor expects to test by creating exams that
require one to demonstrate a certain level of coding ability and then
disallow the use of the common tools for the task.  Personally, I
preferred courses where coding ability was expected to be demonstrated
in project work and exams only covered conceptual issues.  Vendor
certification exams are even better where you can use an actual product
to develop exam solutions.

Francis R Harvey III
WB 303, (301)294-3952
harveyf1 at westat.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Reid [mailto:mwp.reid at qub.ac.uk] 
> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 2:31 PM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Slashdot: SQL vs Access for Learning 
> DatabaseConcepts?
> 
> 
> Students must hand code SQL and HTML. They are not permitted 
> to use any GUI
> at all. Thats not to say they dont hard to tell the HTML written by
> Dreamweaver or Notepad but they have no GUI in the exam (<:
> 
> Martin
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