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[–] randomaside@lemmy.dbzer0.com 104 points 9 months ago (14 children)

Cheating in academia is the name of the game. There is a survivor bias here assuming the other 78 students didn't cheat. They're Learning how to not get caught. Building a better trap may simply yield a better better cheater. The proof ends up being in the work.

I still think honeypots are amusing AF.

[–] Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 44 points 9 months ago (2 children)

i didnt have a big problem with cheating, except with the caveat if a test is weighted via averages, then it actively fucks over those who dont cheat, as the curve is set higher than it should.

[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Average-weighted tests can go die in a ditch

It just discourages cooperation leading up the the exam, because you actively benefit from your peers performing worse

[–] Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 1 points 9 months ago

it works when tests are graded where the intended score is not 100%. having a test basically be "not finished" shows which subjects on a test was not properly gone over, thus the curve would apply and remove said question from the exam. if it were to be graded in a 100% scale, the question would exist to not give the class a perfect score regardless.

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