Straighterline Final exam questions

[BOLDruler]

My son is taking Intro to Bio through Straighetrline. This is his (our) first experience with SL, and I don't like it at all! He completes all assignments, reads the text, watches the videos, etc, and he still struggles. If the tests were not open book- open note, he would fail every single time. He does NOT Google the answers which would be cheating. He is halfway done with the course, and what we have found is that he should focus all his energy in reading the text and do nothing else. A lot of the midterm questions came directly from the unit tests. I have a bachelors degree, and I am a nurse and have taken my fair share of biology. But, in my opinion, this course is useless for actually learning biology. All this course teaches a student is how to look up answers quickly in a book. Very frustrating.

I agree....I've taken 5 quizzes so far....I tried to do it all with what I read on the first quiz...got a 56.....next quiz I used the book for the questions I wasn't sure I knew..got a72. Now I look them all up. Nothing I study from is ever on the quizzes. I read the book , take the test quiz in the book then take the quiz.......shock....nothing from the quiz is EVER on the practices. I feel like I'm learning nothing but how to look up answers. I know the final will be brutal so I'm hoping my score is high enough by then to pass the class. As for the video series....worthless....nothing is ever on the quizzes from the videos....in fact, the videos waste time. They are simple but then the quiz questions are hard. I re-read the book, highlight things, take study quiz in book and online....feel like I've mastered it....then see the quiz.....nothing like the study quizzes and in fact, most questions are from minor blubs in the book...not they main topics. Stuff that has like 3 paragraphs on will have no questions and the one liners have like 8 questions (of which the book covers nothing on.) I'm trying so hard, and being diligent, but it seems its worthless. Learn to look things up fast is my advice.