All exams will be take-home, essay exams. I will provide you with a review sheet before each exam and we will devote one class period to going over these questions. While this may seem like a lot of time to sacrifice, I have found that some of these review sessions are some of the most productive days in the course.
Students clarify and consolidate their knowledge of the material and write better exams as a result.
The homework exercises emphasize applications of theory to real development problems. On each assignment, you will approach the problem from the perspective of an analyst providing background material for a policy maker. The unannounced quizzes are designed to encourage you to keep up with the reading. Several times throughout the course I will ask you to answer basic questions on the readings assigned for that day. The latter will be essentially automatic as I call on students in a rotation that ensures that every student answers at least one question in every class period.