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…Continuation of part 1 Some wicked minds of course would still take the risk and turn their heads (although only a few of such obvious turns would pass unnoticed by supervisors). For such cases, I was thinking of some kind of string- or pull-mechanism that connects the blinders with a sling around the student’s neck, so that head-turning beyond a certain degree would result in chocking of the cheater. It’s like with dogs: they might have rabies, but they are not gonna bite themselves! I realize that it might take a bit to adopt blinders to human needs (or recreate them completely? A new industry perhaps?), so here are some less effective ideas to bridge the gap: 1. Students could be required to provide thin blankets and flash lights, so that they could take the exams under such blankets. This could not only create a fun camping-like atmosphere, but also bolster school/college spirit. I can easily envision SSS114 full of college specific blanket-tents. Green blankets for JE, red ones for TD etc. You get the idea. 2. Students could be asked to write with milk instead of ink. The writing could thus only be seen after drying the exam books and holding them against a light source. 3.If students were required to write just one word per page, that would make copying pretty difficult too! 4.If one were to attach laser pointers to students’ heads, the laser beams would nicely report any attempt to “get inspired”. What do others think about this? What are good blinders webpages?
ignite, Nov 29 2003
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These are such brilliant ideas! I would modify the milk-writing idea so that students have to write in their own urine. That way teachers can check for performance-enhancing drugs when they do their grading!
Also, maybe instead of using laser pointers (which can cause retinal damage if you look at them directly...schools wouldn't want to get sued), students could wear metalic collars which would shock the wearer whenever they raise their head to look at someone else's paper. I think this could definitely help improve test performance.
There's lots of good horsie tips at http://horse.lifetips.com
Simple solution is to make a permutated test. Or one where each student get a different problem but the same question.
For exampleif you want to test distance=velocity*timeStudent 1 Question: what is the distance when Velocity=2,time=3.Student 2 Question: what is the distance when Velocity=5,time=2. and so on
I have found that the worst cheaters have a difficult time discriminating between correct and incorrect answers. (Since they are cheating, it shouldn't be a surprise that they do not know the material) This can make detection of at least some cases pretty easy, especially if you know who they sat next to. If you find that Kelly wrote an answer completely out of left field, and Brian, who sat behind her, had the same uniquely wrong answer, its a pretty small chance this was a coincidence. I have also found that when students are confronted which such evidence, they often admit to it. Of course, this method of detection only works on non-multiple choice tests. Probably the simple act of announcing that you are recording the seating arrangement before the start of the exam would be a significant deterrant.
I like the idea of chocking cheaters, we could get a whole new government in matter of seconds. Although I dont think the secret service would like to see the president hooked up to something that surly kill him. Cheating is part of life, you think a ceo of any large corp. is honest, or any government official outside of a small town perhaps. For the most part people dont get a head by being honest. The best method or at least the most humane is to appreacite those who are.