Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!webber From: webber@athos.rutgers.edu (Bob Webber) Newsgroups: comp.edu Subject: Re: looking for cheating detectors Message-ID: Date: 25 Jul 88 07:00:49 GMT References: <4513@medusa.cs.purdue.edu> <2927@utastro.UUCP> <31313@cca.CCA.COM> <2936@utastro.UUCP> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 23 In article <2936@utastro.UUCP>, nather@utastro.UUCP (Ed Nather) writes: > ... > For what it's worth, I teach a course on electronic techniques in astronomy, > which has largely become a course in real-time programming. All of the > tests and exercises are out-of-class assignments, with only one restriction: > students should not collaborate with any other student given the same > assignment. They are free to consult anyone else, and are urged to do so. > > I've been pleased with the results.... I do a similar thing with grad students in computer science, with the further stipulation that they have to cite all their external sources on the answer page. I also stipulate that they can only consult sources that are equally available to everyone, i.e., the published literature. In a small seminar of dedicated graduate students it works well. In a class of 30 or so grad students it starts to wear thin and requires validation of in-class exams. In an undergraduate class of a hundred? If all university was about was learning, undergraduates would just be sent to the library for four years. ----- BOB (webber@athos.rutgers.edu ; rutgers!athos.rutgers.edu!webber)