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In response to "I usually don't understand why Profs issue take home tests anyway -- nm" by Hotkiss

It would be impossible to give them a test that could take 2 hours. -- nm

Posted by nubby (aka nubby) Dec 8 '10, 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 - Hotkiss Dec 8, 07:18 9
- Essay questions. -- nm - mara Dec 8, 07:22 3
  - which I'm sure is how nubby could tell right away the answers were copied. - loosilu Dec 8, 07:23 2
    - At least you intentionally miss a couple -- nm - Strongbad Dec 8, 07:25 1
      - I once caught two cheaters in my labs by how they phrased sentences. - 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 - Don Homer Dec 8, 07:22
- I'm willing to bet nubby can write google-proof Physics questions -- nm - Strongbad Dec 8, 07:20 2
  - I picture all of nubby's questions starting with "A baseball traveling 90 mph ..." -- nm - decline Dec 8, 07:24 1
    - ....goes really really far when I'm done with it. - Jason Heyward Dec 8, 07:31
- problem solving. -- nm - loosilu Dec 8, 07:18

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