At 10:29 PM 12/26/99 +0000, T.-S. Lim wrote:
>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).
whether it is an exam ... or some other kind of work (projects, papers,
etc.) ... one really never knows IF it is his/her own work ... UNLESS one
takes the time to probe and ask followup questions about it ... but nobody
does ...
however, you HAVE to give outside of class work (whether you figure it into
their grade or not) .... since there is no other time to be able to create
... organize ... think .... for an extended period of time ...
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dennis roberts, penn state university
educational psychology, 8148632401
http://roberts.ed.psu.edu/users/droberts/droberts.htm
