Dear Dr. Dallal,
I'm interested in your statement about the 'take home portion of the exam'
and what weight you place upon an exam that can easily be done with the joint
help of other individuals. How do you know what portion of the 'take home
exam' is really being done by the student, ONE HIS OR HER OWN, without
outside help?
If you look at the mailing groups I think you will find one that allows
students to post questions to the group (obviously homework questions) and
then various individuals reply by doing the homework. I'm sure some (many)
students simply hand in the solutions acquired on the internet as their own
work.
Recently I spoke with a high school teacher who would not accept a report
from one of her students because it was copied, word-for-word, from the
internet. The student objected and the parents brought pressure on the
principal. To make a long story short, the principal instructed the teacher
to give the student credit for the work, the credit was for 'effort' in what
was an obvious case of plagerism.
How can you give credit to someone for 'out of class test taking'?
Enjoy the Holiday Season
Dr. Robert C. Knodt
4949 Samish Way, #31
Bellingham, WA 98226
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