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What are some good rules for handling student questions during exams?

For example, I gave an exam earlier today with a problem that ended in the sentence Use the chain rule to find $(f\circ g)'(3)$. During the exam, one of the students asked me what the circle ...
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What to do when students are not keeping their eyes on their own test?

At my university, exams take place in a lecture hall, but it is usually pretty packed. Along with alternating versions of tests, it is pretty easy for a student to look to the next row or their ...
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