The only take home exam I ever felt comfortable with was in a business calculus
course. I assigned each student a different polynomial of degree 3 or 4. Their
assignment was to obtain the definite integral between a and b (given constants)
by each of four methods with no more than 10% difference among the solutions. The
methods were symbolic integration, graphical integation, Simpson, and trapezoidal
numerical integration. There was only one eager beaver who actually solved someone
else's problem as well as her own. :-)
"T.-S. Lim" wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> >
> >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?
>
> I don't like take-home exams at all. It's very hard (almost impossible) to
> ensure that each student does the exam alone. It's true even for graduate
> students (I'm speaking from my own personal experiences).
>
> <snip>
>
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