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In response to
"
Take-home exam. I'm sure it's on cramster or something. -- nm
"
by
nubby
I usually don't understand why Profs issue take home tests anyway -- nm
Posted by
Hotkiss (aka hotkiss7348)
Dec 8 '10, 07:13
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takes off the pressure of a timed test? -- nm
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loosilu
Dec 8, 07:16
It would be impossible to give them a test that could take 2 hours. -- nm
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nubby
Dec 8, 07:16
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I get that. But they seem to almost encourage cheating. What can you test that a student can't end up googling? -- nm
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Hotkiss
Dec 8, 07:18
9
Essay questions. -- nm
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mara
Dec 8, 07:22
3
which I'm sure is how nubby could tell right away the answers were copied.
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loosilu
Dec 8, 07:23
2
At least you intentionally miss a couple -- nm
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Strongbad
Dec 8, 07:25
1
I once caught two cheaters in my labs by how they phrased sentences.
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loosilu
Dec 8, 07:27
No doubt some take-home tests are relatively easy, but the hardest tests I ever took were take-home. -- nm
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Don Homer
Dec 8, 07:22
I'm willing to bet nubby can write google-proof Physics questions -- nm
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Strongbad
Dec 8, 07:20
2
I picture all of nubby's questions starting with "A baseball traveling 90 mph ..." -- nm
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decline
Dec 8, 07:24
1
....goes really really far when I'm done with it.
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Jason Heyward
Dec 8, 07:31
problem solving. -- nm
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loosilu
Dec 8, 07:18
so students can learn -- nm
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CQ
Dec 8, 07:15
Sometimes, because they want to cover more material than they can test for in a normal 50-minute class. -- nm
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Strongbad
Dec 8, 07:15
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They test for morality more than material. -- nm
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Hotkiss
Dec 8, 07:17
2
I don't see that they test for morality any more/less than standard tests. -- nm
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Strongbad
Dec 8, 07:31
And they should get docked for failing the first part. -- nm
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loosilu
Dec 8, 07:18
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