High-Tech Cheating Abounds, and Professors Bear Some Blame(chronicle.com)
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High-Tech Cheating Abounds, and Professors Bear Some Blame
http://chronicle.com/article/High-Tech-Cheating-on-Homework/64857/?sid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en
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This seems to miss the one rationalization I saw most in my college days for 'technological detachment phenomenon'. That being that "in the real world, it doesn't matter how i got the right answer". I don't fully agree with the statement, but its worth a thought at least.
Of course it matters how you get the right answer. That's the whole fucking point of our schools. If you get the right answer via careful study and practice, you tend to learn something useful, and if you get the right answer via cheating, you probably don't learn shit. The exact same thing is true in the "real world."
I've heard that too, of course, but I disagree that it's worth a thought. The only implication of that remark is that college is a waste of time for the speaker thereof.
I've heard that too, of course, but I disagree that it's worth a thought. The only implication of that remark is that college is a waste of time for the speaker thereof.
Here's another one: "In the real world, I can look things up, so why should I have to memorize things for this exam?" I heard this one a lot in CS courses, and I tended to agree with it. But then again, if you put in enough practice/study, you're generally going to have it committed to memory after a time.
It wouldn't be too hard to come up with something that changes a few key numbers in each question, and reorders all the questions. This could be used to automatically generate the answer key for the professor, too. Each student could be given a personalized assignment, that is useless to copy from anywhere else.