I would have to say that the most challenging classroom experience was the comprehensive exam I took to complete my Master's in Higher Education at the University of Oklahoma. I had a lot of anxiety about the test because I wasn't sure what kind of questions would be asked on this exam. I went to a training seminar for this written comprehensive exam and was able to get a study guide from a classmate of mine in my research methods course which is a core course covered by the comprehensive exam. The month following this training seminar was spent studying the comprehensive exam which consisted of the Adult Learner, Research Methods, Adult and Higher Education Administration, and Critical Literature in Adult and Higher Education classes. The day of the comprehensive exam arrived, and although I was a little nervous, everything seemed to be going very well. When I read the questions, I felt confident in my abilities. Each student only had to answer 2 out of 3 questions correctly because the adult student and the critical literature question w...
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