Re: Attention Experienced Professionals
Date: 13 Oct 2004 12:04:32 -0700
Message-ID: <18c7b3c2.0410131104.631e8235_at_posting.google.com>
>> I even explained how to post in newsgroups (identify yourself as a
That I like! Actually set up rules for it.
>> I too give all tests, midterm and final, as take home. And I too
The problem is that it is someone else's book, internet and brain.
How do you access the student himself? "John is a moron, but he is so
much bigger than the other students that he can bully them into doing
his work for him." or "John can hack into files and change his grade
better than anyone on campus" or what?
I taught at a now-defunct school in Los Angeles years ago. I gave
each student a customized multiple choice exams in class -- easy
enough to create with a computer even in the old days. Then I let
them copy off of each other in class :)
I just left a start-up for-profit school in Salt Lake City which
starts students working on projects in teams from the beginning. It
is too early to report on how well this approach is working, versus
traditional teaching methods.
student, show the work you've done so far, and ask for advice, not
answers). The final was given as "no collaboration". <<
allow collaboration. As close to the real-world as possible. Open
book, open internet, open brain. <<